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单词 doss
释义
doss1 verbdoss2 noun
dossdoss1 /dɒs $ dɑːs/ verb [intransitive] British English informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdoss1
Origin:
1700-1800 doss ‘a (place to) sleep’ (18-20 centuries), probably from French dos ‘back’, from the idea of lying on your back
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
doss
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydoss
he, she, itdosses
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydossed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave dossed
he, she, ithas dossed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad dossed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill doss
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have dossed
Continuous Form
PresentIam dossing
he, she, itis dossing
you, we, theyare dossing
PastI, he, she, itwas dossing
you, we, theywere dossing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been dossing
he, she, ithas been dossing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been dossing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be dossing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been dossing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The party finished late, so I just dossed on the floor at Adele's.
  • You can stay here, if you don't mind dossing down on the floor.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He lets you doss on the floor of his bedroom.
  • He meant he'd find somewhere to doss down, and that included me.
  • Here he was a punter, a champagne Charlie, dossing with the underclass.
  • I suppose that'd be to stop folks like Vern - like me and Vern - using them to doss down in.
  • Nor are folk expected to doss down on a pair of planks across the bath.
  • She knew that Harry liked to doss down in the porch.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep
to sleep for one night at someone else's house: · Are your friends sleeping over tonight?sleep over at: · Is it okay if I sleep over at Sam's house tomorrow night?
also crash out informal to sleep the night in a place you do not normally sleep, for example at a friend's house or on the floor of someone's room: · You can crash out at my place if you like.· Would you mind if I crashed on your couch?
British informal to sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep, especially not on a proper bed: · The party finished late, so I just dossed on the floor at Adele's.doss down: · You can stay here, if you don't mind dossing down on the floor.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· She knew that Harry liked to doss down in the porch.· I suppose that'd be to stop folks like Vern - like me and Vern - using them to doss down in.· He meant he'd find somewhere to doss down, and that included me.· Nor are folk expected to doss down on a pair of planks across the bath.
(also doss down) to sleep somewhere that is not your usual place, or not a real bed:  I dossed down on the couch downstairs.doss around/about phrasal verb to spend your time in a lazy way, doing very little:  We just dossed around all day Saturday.
doss1 verbdoss2 noun
dossdoss2 noun British English informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdoss2
Origin:
1800-1900 doss ‘a sleep’ (DOSS1), from the idea of something you could do in your sleep
a doss work that does not need much effort:  This job’s a real doss.
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