英语词汇“doze”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dozedoze /doʊz/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYdoze

Origin: 1600-1700 from a Scandinavian language; related to Old Norse dúsa to sleep lightly

VERB TABLE

doze

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	doze
	he, she, it	dozes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dozed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dozed
	he, she, it	has dozed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dozed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will doze
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dozed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dozing
	he, she, it	is dozing
	you, we, they	are dozing
Past	I, he, she, it	was dozing
	you, we, they	were dozing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dozing
	he, she, it	has been dozing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dozing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dozing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dozing

to sleep lightly for a short time: Kevin was dozing in his chair after lunch. [Origin: 1600–1700 from a Scandinavian language; related to Old Norse dúsa to sleep lightly]doze off phrasal verb to go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to: I was just dozing off when the phone rang.