drowse
verb[I]
uk/draʊz/us/draʊz/tosleeplightlyfor ashorttime, or to bealmostasleep:
打瞌睡，打盹，假寐Exhausted bytheirexercise, they werecontentto drowse in thesun.他们运动得筋疲力尽，心满意足地在阳光下打了个盹。
Drowsing beforedinneroneevening, I wasbroughtto mysensesby agreatthudon theroof.一天晚饭前，昏昏欲睡的我被屋顶上一声巨响惊醒了。
- He wasphotographeddrowsing with anewspaperin hislap.
- Thestudentswere drowsing intheirdeck-chairs.
- Although they took it inturnstostayonwatch, the one who wassupposedlysleepingnever did more than drowse, comingawakewith aviolentstartat everyrustlingleaf.
Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- be in the land of nodidiom
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bunk down
- bye-byes
- count
- dead
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- drift off
- drop
- flake
- power nap
- sleep
- slumber
- soporifically
- spark out
- sparko
- take to your bedidiom
- tucksomeonein
drowse
noun[C]
uk/draʊz/us/draʊz/aperiodoflightsleep, or aperiodwhen someone isalmostasleep:
瞌睡，打盹，假寐She hadwokenfrom her earlyeveningdrowse.她傍晚打了个盹儿，刚刚醒来。
Ifellinto a drowse again until there was anotheremergencybrake.我又昏昏欲睡，直到又一个紧急刹车。
- Sheawokefrom alightdrowse to thedistantstrainsof Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
- Hebegantodropinto a drowseoncemore.
- Themusiccarriedachargethat couldsnapyou out ofyourafter-dinner drowse.
Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- be in the land of nodidiom
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bunk down
- bye-byes
- count
- dead
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- drift off
- drop
- flake
- power nap
- sleep
- slumber
- soporifically
- spark out
- sparko
- take to your bedidiom
- tucksomeonein