doze

verb

/dəʊz/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they doze	/dəʊz/ /dəʊz/
he / she / it dozes	/ˈdəʊzɪz/ /ˈdəʊzɪz/
past simple dozed	/dəʊzd/ /dəʊzd/
past participle dozed	/dəʊzd/ /dəʊzd/
-ing form dozing	/ˈdəʊzɪŋ/ /ˈdəʊzɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

to sleep lightly for a short time打瞌睡；打盹儿；小睡
- I dozed fitfully until dawn.我断断续续地打瞌睡直到天亮。
- We were dozing lazily in the sun when a loud noise woke us.我们正在阳光下懒洋洋地打瞌睡，突然一声巨响把我们吵醒了。
Synonyms sleep
sleepdoze ▪ nap ▪ snoozeThese words all mean to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active.
sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active:
Did you sleep well?你睡得好吗？
I couldn’t sleep last night.我昨天晚上睡不着。
It is more usual to say that somebody is asleep than that they are sleeping; but if you use an adverb to say how they are sleeping, use sleeping: ‘What’s Ashley doing?’ ‘Sh! She’s asleep.’ • The baby was sleeping peacefully. • The baby was asleep peacefully. doze to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed:
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.snooze (informal) to sleep lightly for a short time, especially during the day and usually not in bed:
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
Wordfinder
- doze
- dream
- drowsy
- insomnia
- oversleep
- REM
- sedative
- sleep
- soporific
- tired
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- fitfully
- lightly
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.

doze

noun

/dəʊz/

[singular]

a short period of sleep, usually during the day（通常在日间的）瞌睡，小睡
- I had a doze on the train.我在火车上打了个盹儿。
- Sitting in an armchair in front of the fire, I soon fell into a doze.我坐在火炉前的扶手椅上，很快打起瞌睡来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- light
verb + doze
- have
- drift into
- fall into
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘stupefy, bewilder, or make drowsy’): perhaps related to Danish døse ‘make drowsy’.