snooze
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++snooze /snuːz/ verb [intransitive] informalSLEEP to sleep lightly for a short time 小睡，打盹 SYN doze Dad was snoozing in his armchair. 爸爸在扶手椅里打盹。 —snooze noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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snooze• Two bloody wars and we're still content to snooze and let that lot get on with it.• Loi probably snoozed and Rex wrote up his logbooks.• His day is filled with snoozing and watching the birds go by.• The study showed that if pilots on long-haul flights take a brief snooze in the cockpit, they're more alert for the landing.• Later, there is a picnic followed by more beach games, perhaps while the adults snooze in the sun.• Remember that even if the place you choose to snooze is well-shaded, the shadows may shift before you awake.• Dad was snoozing on the beach.• The baby was snoozing peacefully in her stroller, so we stopped to have a drink.• The film was rather longer than she had expected and Hudson's concentration shorter and he snoozed through much of it.• But the Bruins snoozed through the final minutes, allowing the Sun Devils to rally.snooze verbChinese
sleep Corpus for a short time to lightly
snooze
snooze /snuːz/
verb [intransitive]
informal to sleep lightly for a short time
SYN doze:
Dad was snoozing in his armchair.
—snooze noun [countable]
▪ sleep the natural state of resting your mind and body, when your eyes are closed and you do not notice anything happening around you: I hardly got any sleep at all last night. | He woke suddenly from a deep sleep.
▪slumber/slumbers literary sleep: She fell into an uneasy slumber. | He awoke from his slumbers.
▪shut-eye informal especially humorous sleep: I really need to get some shut-eye.
▪doze a period in which you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: Edward was so tired he fell into a doze on the settee.
▪snooze informal a short period when you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: He decided to have a snooze on the sofa while he was waiting for the others to get ready.
▪nap a short sleep, especially during the day: He’s taking a nap. | Helen put the baby down for a nap after lunch.
▪forty winks informal a short sleep, especially during the day: I’m just going to have forty winks. | I felt a lot better after I had had forty winks.
snooze /snuːz/
verb [intransitive]informal to sleep lightly for a short time
SYN doze:
—snooze noun [countable]
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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 aresleeping ; but if you use an adverb to say how they are sleeping, usesleeping .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 ( 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