单词 | zone out |
释义 | zone outSEE SYNONYMS FOR zone out ON THESAURUS.COM Stop paying attention, dissociate oneself from a situation. Also, engage in a mindless activity. For example, When Felicia starts talking about her ailments and her friends' ailments, I totally zone out. This idiom also occurs in the passive, be zoned out. It originally alluded to narcotic intoxication and then was broadened to other kinds of dissociation. For a near synonym, see tune out, def. 2. [Slang; second half of 1900s] Words nearby zone outzone of fire, zone of illuviation, zone of interior, zone of leaching, zone of saturation, zone out, zone plate, zone refining, zonesthesia, zone system, zone time The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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