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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++nod1 /nɒd $ nɑːd/ ●●○ W2 verb (nodded, nodding) [intransitive, transitive]  1  YESto move your head up and down, especially in order to show agreement or understanding 〔尤指表示赞同或理解而〕点(头) → shake I asked her if she was ready to go, and she nodded. 我问她是否已准备好出发，她点了点头。 Mom nodded her head sympathetically. 妈妈同情地点了点头。nod your approval/agreement etc (=show your approval etc by nodding) 点头表示赞成/同意等 Corbett nodded his acceptance. 科比特点头表示认可。2  SIGN/GESTUREto move your head down and up again once in order to greet someone or give someone a sign to do something 点头〔打招呼或示意〕nod at The judge nodded at the foreman to proceed. 法官点头示意首席陪审员继续说。nod to She nodded to us as she walked by. 她走过时向我们点了点头。3  have a nodding acquaintance (with something) KNOW somethingto know a little about a subject but not a lot (对某事)略知一二 Students will need to have a nodding acquaintance with Spanish. 学生们将需要粗通西班牙语。4. have a nodding acquaintance (with somebody)  (also be on nodding terms (with somebody) British English)know somebody to know someone but not very well (与某人)是点头之交5 nod off phrasal verb SLEEPto begin to sleep, usually when you do not intend to and are sitting somewhere 打盹，打瞌睡 I missed the movie because I kept nodding off. 我一直在打瞌睡，结果错过了电影。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

nod• I asked her if she was OK, and she nodded.• The experts nod across the seminar table.• Everything seemed so strange and silvery in the starlight and every so often my head would nod and I'd stumble and start.• I nodded and the old woman took my hand.• Slowly Penny nodded and then silently cast her eyes down to her plate.• The way to deal with him at such moments was to nod approvingly and pray such ideas would be forgotten.• The guy nodded as if still trying to make sense of the story.• Gina lay beside him; she had nodded off and was snoring loudly.• In 63 minutes Burrows floated over a free and Hunter was there to nod the ball home at the near post.nodded ... head• He smiled at me and nodded his head.• Hannah nodded her head again, a faint smile creeping across her face.• He simply nodded his head and made some neutral comment.• I nodded my head at Connie, knowing I had heard wisdom, not yet ready to learn it.• Nick and Linda nodded their heads, Nick morosely, Linda obviously quite excited at this new turn of events.• She nodded her head slowly, as if she went along with his refusal to let her read it.• Although the audience nodded their heads through all this, it wasn't really what they had come to see.• She nodded her head to let him know that he should answer her by nodding his head if words failed him.nod2 ●●○ noun  1  [countable]SIGN/GESTURE an act of nodding 点头 The woman greeted us with a nod of the head. 那个女人向我们点点头打招呼。 I showed the doorman my card and he gave a friendly nod. 我向门卫出示了卡片，他友善地点了点头。2  give somebody the nod/get the nod from somebody informalLET/ALLOW to give or be given permission to do something 同意某人/得到某人的许可 We’re waiting for the boss to give us the nod on this one. 我们在等老板同意此事。3  on the nod British English informal by general agreement and without people discussing it 〔未经讨论而〕一致同意 The chairman’s proposals are usually passed on the nod. 主席的提议通常是无需讨论就一致通过的。4. a nod’s as good as a wink British English used to tell someone that you have understood something, although it was said in an indirect way 不用明说，一点就通 → the land of nod at land1(9)

Examples from the Corpus

nod• There is no doubt that this could be done by a nod.• I asked if he was hungry, and he responded with a nod.• Then the silent man simply walked out of the room, with a nod and a smile.• The nearest guard glanced at it, then ushered him through with a curt nod of his head.• Daniels gave a slight nod, and Bill started to speak.• He looked at Lee from an angle, cool and fixed, with a slow nod of the head to measure remarks.• Thompson discounted the possibility that Dole would give him the nod.gave ... nod• Lorton, who had been watching anxiously, gave him a nod of approval.• Sally Baker gave a complimentary nod as Tess reappeared from upstairs.• They barely gave me a nod when I poked my head up over the side of the truck.• Then he gave a nod that included all the young ladies before he turned away.• He gave a nod and checked her over.• A younger woman with outsize spectacles behind them periodically gave a slight nod of her head.• Stephen gave an absent-minded nod and hurried off to solve the next problem.Origin nod1 (1300-1400) Perhaps from Low German

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nod¹ W2 /nɒd $ nɑːd/ verb (past tense and past participle nodded, present participle nodding) [intransitive and transitive]1. to move your head up and down, especially in order to show agreement or understanding ⇨ shake:
    I asked her if she was ready to go, and she nodded.
    Mom nodded her head sympathetically.
    nod your approval/agreement etc (=show your approval etc by nodding)
    Corbett nodded his acceptance.
2. to move your head down and up again once in order to greet someone or give someone a sign to do something
    nod at
    The judge nodded at the foreman to proceed.
    nod to
    She nodded to us as she walked by.
3. have a nodding acquaintance (with something) to know a little about a subject but not a lot:
    Students will need to have a nodding acquaintance with Spanish.
4. have a nodding acquaintance (with somebody) (also be on nodding terms (with somebody) British English) to know someone but not very well
     
nod off phrasal verb
  to begin to sleep, usually when you do not intend to and are sitting somewhere:
    I missed the movie because I kept nodding off.

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nod² noun
1. [countable] an act of nodding:
    The woman greeted us with a nod of the head.
    I showed the doorman my card and he gave a friendly nod.
2. give somebody the nod/get the nod from somebody informal to give or be given permission to do something:
    We’re waiting for the boss to give us the nod on this one.
3. on the nod British English informal by general agreement and without people discussing it:
    The chairman’s proposals are usually passed on the nod.
4. a nod’s as good as a wink British English used to tell someone that you have understood something, although it was said in an indirect way
⇨ the land of nod at land¹(9)

NodBrE /nɒd/ 🔊NAmE /nɑːd/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ●in the ˌland of ˈNod(old-fashioned, humorous) asleep 睡着；在梦乡◆Pete and Jo were still in the land of Nod, so I went out for a walk in the morning sunshine. 皮特和乔仍沉睡未醒，于是我就在晨光中出门散步去了。🔊🔊