单词 | adoze |
释义 | adoze in British English (əˈdəʊz) adverb, adjective asleep; dozing adoze in American English (əˈdouz) adverb or adjective dozing; napping a cat adoze by the fireside Word origin [1845–50; a-1 + doze1]a- is a reduced form of the Old English preposition on, meaning “on,” “in,” “into,” “to,” “toward,” preserved before a noun in a prepositionalphrase, forming a predicate adjective or an adverbial element (afoot; abed; ashore; aside; away), or before an adjective (afar; aloud; alow), as a moribund prefix with a verb (acknowledge), and in archaic and dialectal use before a present participle in -ing (set the bells aringing); and added to a verb stem with the force of a present participle (ablaze; agape; aglow; astride; and originally, awry) |
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