doze
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they doze | |
he / she / it dozes | |
past simple dozed | |
past participle dozed | |
-ing form dozing |
to sleep lightly for a short time 打瞌睡;打盹儿;小睡 I dozed fitfully until dawn. 我断断续续地打瞌睡直到天亮。 We were dozing lazily in the sun when a loud noise woke us. 我们在阳光下懒洋洋地打瞌睡,这时一声巨响把我们吵醒了。
Synonyms sleepsleep- doze
- nap
- snooze
- sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active:
Did you sleep well? 你睡得好吗? I couldn’t sleep last night. 我昨天晚上睡不着。
- doze to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed:
He was dozing in front of the TV. 他在电视机前打瞌睡。
- nap
to sleep for a short time, especially during the day. 尤指日间的小睡、打盹儿 - snooze (informal
) to sleep lightly for a short time, especially during the day and usually not in bed: 尤指日间的小睡、打盹儿,通常不是躺在床上: My brother was snoozing on the sofa. 我弟弟正在沙发上打盹儿。
- to sleep/doze lightly/fitfully
- to doze/snooze gently
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fitfully
- lightly
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.