| 释义 |
snoozle, v. colloq. or dial.|ˈsnuːz(ə)l|
[Cf. snooze v. and nuzzle v.1]
1. intr. To nestle and sleep or doze; to nuzzle.
1831Westm. Rev. XV. 196 Comfortably snoozling like other birds deep in the fertilizing warmth of their downy boxes. 1862Sala Seven Sons I. vii. 177 The little dog, snoozling on the hearthrug, lifted up his blinking eyes. 1881G. D. Leslie Our River 12 There were a lot of black Berkshire pigs snoozling in the straw.
2. trans. To thrust affectionately.
1847E. Brontë Wuthering Heights iii, A dog..that snoozled its nose over-forwardly into her face. 1894‘G. Egerton’ Discord 187 The dog..snoozles her snout into the palm of his hand.
Hence ˈsnoozledom, the state of nestling and dozing in bed.
1865D. W. Thompson Odds & Ends iii. 6 How precious are the last five minutes of snoozledom! |