doss
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
UKslanguk/dɒs/us/dɑːs/tosleepoutsideor in anemptybuildingbecause you have nohomeand nomoney:
（因无家无钱而）露宿；（在无人居住的空房子里）过夜She was dossing indoorwaysuntil thepolicepickedher up.她在被警方收容之前一直在门道里过夜。
See also
dosshouseUKslang
(alsodoss down)
tosleepsomewherewithout abed:
（在没床的地方）凑合着睡觉Can I doss down atyourhousetonight, after theparty?今晚聚会结束后我能在你家凑合过一夜吗？
Homelessness
- bag lady
- be of/have no fixed abode/addressidiom
- couchsurfing
- derelict
- displace
- hobo
- homeless
- homelessness
- hostel
- housing benefit
- mendicant
- sofa-surf
- sofa-surfing
- soup kitchen
- street
- street child
- tramp
- vagrancy
- waif
- waifs and straysidiom
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
Phrasal verb
doss around
doss
noun[S]
UKslanguk/dɒs/us/dɑːs/a doss
anactivitythat iseasyor does not need hardwork:
举手之劳，容易做的事情Theworkitself was abitof a doss, to behonest.
Theironyis hechosethecoursebecause hethoughtit would be a doss.
It was atotaldoss - I only had threeseminarsaweekand twoassignmentsaterm.
I had toserveabout sixcustomersaday- it was a doss.
It must be a dossworkingthere.
The firstjobIeverhad was acompletedoss.
Easiness and simplicity
- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a logidiom
- a piece of cakeidiom
- accessibility
- at the push of a buttonidiom
- at the stroke of a penidiom
- be (all) downhillidiom
- friendly
- gift
- gimme
- give/handsomethingtosomeoneon a (silver) platteridiom
- handily
- painless
- painting by numbersidiom
- platter
- presto
- rarefied
- the path of least resistanceidiom
- walkaway
- walkover
- withyoureyes closed/shutidiom