drowse

Word family noundrowsiheaddrowsinessadverbdrowsilyverbdrowseadjectivedrowsy

drowse /draʊz/ verb [intransitiveI]

SLEEPto be in a light sleep or to feel as though you are almost asleep 打瞌睡，半睡半醒，假寐

I was drowsing in front of the television when you called.

我正坐在电视机前打瞌睡，恰好你打电话来。

Examples from the Corpus

drowse• Exhausted by their exercise, they were content to drowse in the sun.• We were content to drowse in the warm sunlight on the beach.• But the patient begins to drowse into a strange kind of sleep.• The two bureaucrats lay drowsing on the port and starboard cockpit seats.

Origin drowse

(1500-1600) drowsy

词汇	drowse
释义	drowse Word family noundrowsiheaddrowsinessadverbdrowsilyverbdrowseadjectivedrowsy drowse /draʊz/ verb [intransitiveI] SLEEPto be in a light sleep or to feel as though you are almost asleep 打瞌睡，半睡半醒，假寐 I was drowsing in front of the television when you called. 我正坐在电视机前打瞌睡，恰好你打电话来。 Examples from the Corpus drowse• Exhausted by their exercise, they were content to drowse in the sun.• We were content to drowse in the warm sunlight on the beach.• But the patient begins to drowse into a strange kind of sleep.• The two bureaucrats lay drowsing on the port and starboard cockpit seats. Origin drowse (1500-1600) drowsy
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