Surrounded by antique stores and art galleries, dogs doze in the sun while their owners feast on wine and pasta. Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 May 2022 Tell ghost stories or don’t, drink or don’t, ditch your tent and sleep under the stars, doze off under the stars and crawl into your tent at two in the morning. Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 23 June 2021 Putin could be seen on camera during NBC’s broadcast of the winter games sitting by himself and appearing to briefly doze off according to some onlookers. Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2022 But it’s also just four people chatting in the park — about politics, movies, family, the weather — while a dog at their feet studies the pigeons and the passing toddlers doze in their strollers.New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021 Republicans have also been quick to point to any video of Biden stumbling over his words or appearing to doze off during events as evidence of the president's senility; Democrats employed a similar tactic when Trump was in the White House. Max Ufberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2021 Each villa also comes with a retractable roof, so kids can doze off beneath the stars. Kris Fordham, CNN, 13 June 2021 It is performed for supine audiences who are encouraged to doze off during the proceedings.BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021 At the New York City Fire Department’s training academy, lessons can last as long as six hours and trainees will tell you it’s not uncommon for people to doze off during class. Rebecca Liebson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse dūsa to doze
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DOZEADJECTIVE➤light打盹兒VERB + DOZE➤have打盹兒◇She had a little doze after lunch.午飯後她小睡了片刻。➤drift into, fall into, slip into (especially NAmE) 迷迷糊糊地打起瞌睡來◇Sitting in an armchair in front of the fire, I soon fell into a doze.我坐在火爐前的扶手椅上,很快打起瞌睡來。doze
verb
ADVERB➤fitfully斷斷續續地睡◇I dozed fitfully for a few hours.我斷斷續續地睡了幾個小時。➤lightly略打瞌睡