单词 | to nod off |
释义 | > as lemmasto nod off d. intransitive. to nod off: to fall asleep, esp. briefly or unintentionally. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep > for a short time or lightly to nod off1684 to doze off or over1860 neeb1866 drowse1886 1684 J. Harington Grecian Story i. 64 Grandsires nodded off, talk'd are and o're. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes iv. 137 This cosy couple..sat looking at the glowing sparks that dropped into the grate; now nodding off into a doze; now waking up again. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. v. 33 The old lady nodded off to sleep many times during the narration. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out i. 4 Old men and women were nodding off to sleep upon the seats. 1966 K. Amis Anti-Death League 340 Lucy took an illustrated magazine to Churchill's bed-side, but she too was underslept, and in a few minutes she nodded off. 1993 D. A. Smith In Cube xvii. 229 Put my head down on the desk a couple of times and nodded off. < as lemmas |
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