nod off

英 [nɒd ɒf]

美 [nɑːd ɔːf]

（尤指不打算入睡时）打瞌睡，打盹儿

牛津词典

• 以上各短语均含开始睡着之义。
  These words all mean to start to sleep.
• 指入睡，有时指无意之中或在不适当的场合睡着：
  to start to sleep, sometimes when you do not intend to or in a situation that is not appropriate
  1. When she finally fell asleep, she began to dream.
     她终于睡着了，并开始做梦。
  2. I pinched myself to stop myself from falling asleep.
     我掐自己以防自己睡着。
• 指入睡，尤指有意想睡着：
  to start to sleep, especially when you intend to
  1. I shut my eyes and tried to go to sleep.
     我闭上了眼睛想睡。
  2. He woke for a moment and then went to sleep again.
     他醒了一会儿，然后又睡了。
• 指开始入睡，尤指经过很长时间或很难才睡着：
  to start sleeping, especially after a long time or when this is difficult
  1. He took a long time getting to sleep that night.
     他那天晚上过了好长时间才睡着。
• 指睡着，尤指渐渐地入睡：
  to fall asleep, especially gradually
  1. I must have drifted off, because when I woke we were nearly home.
     我一定是睡着了，因为我醒来时我们已快到家了。
• 指睡着了一会儿，尤指坐着或在不该睡觉时打瞌睡：
  ( informal ) to fall asleep for a short time, especially when you are sitting down and when you are not supposed to be sleeping
  1. I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
     我在那次会议上差点睡着了。
• 指打盹儿、小睡：
  ( BrE informal ) to start sleeping lightly
  1. I dropped off and missed the end of the film.
     我打了个盹儿，错过了影片的结尾。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (尤指不打算入睡时)打瞌睡，打盹
  If younod off, you fall asleep, especially when you had not intended to.
  1. The judge appeared to nod off yesterday while a witness was being cross-examined...
     昨天一名证人接受盘问时，法官好像在打盹。
  2. He was nodding off to sleep in an armchair.
     他坐在扶手椅上打盹，睡着了。

英英释义

verb

• change from a waking to a sleeping state
  1. he always falls asleep during lectures
  Synonym:fall asleepdope offflake outdrift offdrop offdoze offdrowse off

双语例句

• So even if you nod off ( in front of the TV, for example), you probably wont stay asleep for long.
  所以即使你打盹了（比如在电视机前），你很可能也睡不了多久。
• He used to nod off during the French class.
  他以前总是在法语课上打瞌睡。
• A chronic lack of sleep may cause far more serious problems than a tendency to nod off the next day, researchers warn.
  科学家警告说，长期睡眠不足可导致的问题也许会比白天老打瞌睡更严重。
• This is a meeting, you will probably nod off a little.
  虽然是开会，你们也会打一会儿盹儿吧。
• Japanese who watched footage of their former finance minister slur his words and appear to nod off at a Group of Seven press conference can now try to keep him awake in a new cell phone game.
  日本前财务大臣在不久前七国集团会议的一个新闻发布会上昏昏欲睡、语无伦次，看过他这段录像的日本人现在可以在一款新的手机游戏中让他保持清醒了。
• By learning from patients who nod off unexpectedly during the day, researchers have pinpointed a chemical that could help people who can't sleep at night.
  通过对白日发作性睡眠患者的研究，研究人员指出一种化学物质将对夜间失眠患者有帮助。
• He's so dull, it makes me nod off.
  他是那么的乏味，让我犯困。
• I always nod off during his lectures.
  我总是在他演讲时睡着。
• They last sit and chat to each other, or nod off.
  他们就坐在那里相互攀谈，或者打盹。
• He was nodding off to sleep in an armchair.
  他坐在扶手椅上打盹，睡着了。