doze

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++doze /dəʊz $ doʊz/ verb [intransitive] 1 SLEEPto sleep lightly for a short time 小睡，打瞌睡，打盹儿 Grandad was dozing in his chair. 爷爷在椅子上打瞌睡。► see thesaurus at sleep2 doze off phrasal verb SLEEPto go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to 〔尤指在无意的情况下〕睡着 SYN drop off, nod off I must have dozed off. 我一定是睡着了。 —doze noun [singular]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

doze• While Celestine paid avid attention, Paula started to doze.• He left his mother dozing by the file.• With eel in her hand, the baby at her feet, Sethe dozed, dry-mouthed and sweaty.• Some people managed to sleep, but most of us just dozed fitfully.• Geoff lay dozing gently in a sunlounger.• From here she could see old Mrs Fermoyle dozing in her huge crib.• Kevin often dozes in his chair instead of going to lunch.• As we dozed off, we heard the sound of approaching footsteps and voices, which jerked us quickly back to life.• All this is done while the philosopher stares abstractedly out of the window and the interviewer dozes off.• Lying on the bed she had dozed rather than slept.Origin doze (1600-1700) From a Scandinavian language; related to Old Norse dúsa “to sleep lightly”

doze verbChinese

Corpus time for to lightly short a sleep

doze
doze /dəʊz $ doʊz/

verb [intransitive]

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

to sleep lightly for a short time:

Grandad was dozing in his chair.
—doze noun [singular]

THESAURUS

   ▪ sleep to rest your mind and body with your eyes closed. Sleep is usually used when talking about how long, how deeply, or where someone sleeps. When saying that someone is not awake, you use be asleep: Most people sleep for about eight hours. | He slept downstairs. | Did you sleep well?
   ▪ be asleep to be sleeping: The baby’s asleep – don’t wake her. | He was fast asleep (=completely asleep)by the time I got home.
   ▪ oversleep to sleep for longer than you intended so that you wake up late in the morning: I overslept and was late for work.
   ▪ take a nap (also have a nap especially British English) (also have forty winks informal) to sleep for a short time during the day: I think I’ll have a nap. | She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap.
   ▪ have/take a snooze informal to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed: I think I’ll have a quick snooze.
   ▪ doze to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken: I wasn’t really asleep – I was just dozing. | I must have dozed off (=started sleeping) halfway through the film.
   ▪ kip British English informal to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home – a very informal use: I kipped at my mate’s for a couple of days. | Is it alright if I kip on the floor?

doze off phrasal verb
  to go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to
   SYN drop off, nod off:

I must have dozed off.

verb,

noun

doze

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NAmE

/doʊz/

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verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

doze

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/dəʊz/

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NAmE

/doʊz/

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present simple - he / she / it

dozes

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/ˈdəʊzɪz/

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NAmE

/ˈdoʊzɪz/

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past simple

dozed

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/dəʊzd/

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/doʊzd/

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past participle

dozed

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/dəʊzd/

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/doʊzd/

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-ing form

dozing

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/ˈdəʊzɪŋ/

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/ˈdoʊzɪŋ/

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[intransitive]

to sleep lightly for a short time 打瞌睡；打盹儿；小睡<titled tranID="19" status="1">sleep</titled>doze ◇ nap ◇ snooze

These words all mean to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active. 以上各词均含睡觉、入睡之义。

sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active 指睡、睡觉、入睡：◆Did you sleep well? 你睡得好吗？◆I couldn't sleep last night. 我昨天晚上睡不着。 NOTE It is more usual to say that sb is asleep than that they are sleeping; but if you use an adverb to say how they are sleeping, use sleeping. 表示在睡觉，asleep 较 sleeping 常用，但如果用副词表示睡的状态就用 sleeping：◆'What's Ashley doing?' 'Sh! She's asleep.' “阿什利在干什么？” “嘘，她在睡觉。”◆The baby was sleeping peacefully. 婴儿睡得很安稳。◆The baby was asleep peacefully.
doze to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed 指打瞌睡、打盹儿，通常不是躺在床上：◆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。