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doze

verb
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[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they doze
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he / she / it dozes
🔊/ˈdəʊzɪz/
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past simple dozed
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past participle dozed
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-ing form dozing
🔊/ˈdəʊzɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to sleep lightly for a short time打瞌睡；打盹儿；小睡
    • I dozed fitfully until dawn.我断断续续地打瞌睡直到天亮。
    • We were dozing lazily in the sun when a loud noise woke us.当一声巨响唤醒我们时，我们在阳光下懒洋洋地打盹。
    Synonyms sleepsleep
    • doze
    • nap
    • snooze
    These words all mean to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active.
    • sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active:
      • Did you sleep well?你睡得好吗？
      • I couldn’t sleep last night.我昨天晚上睡不着。
      It is more usual to say that somebody is asleep than that they are sleeping; but if you use an adverb to say how they are sleeping, use sleeping: ‘What’s Ashley doing?’ ‘Sh! She’s asleep.’ • The baby was sleeping peacefully. • The baby was asleep peacefully.
    • doze to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed:
      • He was dozing in front of the TV.他在电视机前打瞌睡。
    • nap to sleep for a short time, especially during the day.尤指日间的小睡、打盹儿
    • snooze (informal) to sleep lightly for a short time, especially during the day and usually not in bed:尤指日间的小睡、打盹儿，通常不是躺在床上：
      • My brother was snoozing on the sofa.我弟弟正在沙发上打盹儿。
    Patterns
    • to sleep/​doze lightly/​fitfully
    • to doze/​snooze gently
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fitfully
    • lightly
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.

doze

noun
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[singular]
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  1. a short period of sleep, usually during the day（通常在日间的）瞌睡，小睡
    • I had a doze on the train.我在火车上打了个盹儿。🔊🔊
    • Sitting in an armchair in front of the fire, I soon fell into a doze.我坐在火炉前的扶手椅上，很快打起瞌睡来。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • light
    verb + doze
    • have
    • drift into
    • fall into
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.