drowse
英 [draʊz]
美 [draʊz]
- vi. 打瞌睡；发呆
- vt. 使昏昏欲睡；昏昏沉沉地消磨（时光）
- n. 瞌睡；假寐
drowse 助记提示
1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".
2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".
3. 由此推出同源词：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. 谐音“找死” --- 你敢打瞌睡，是找死吗？---- 一个很霸气的老师看到一个学生在打瞌睡，于是说“你敢打瞌睡，是找死吗？”。
5. drowse-dr- dream-owse- browse（本意）徜徉在梦乡里: v打瞌睡---梦见周公。
6. 谐音“桌睡、装睡、抓睡”----趴在桌子上睡觉。
7. The etymological notion underlying drowsy seems to be of heaviness, with eyelids falling and the head nodding over the chest.
8. browse drowse: 书看累了，自然就会抓瞌睡。
drowse 英文词源
- drowse (v.)
- 1570s, probably a back-formation from drowsy. Old English had a similar word, but there is a 600-year gap. Related: Drowsed; drowsing.
drowse 双语例句
1. She was no sensualist, longing to drowse sleepily in the lap of luxury. 她不是个**主义者,想昏昏沉沉地过纸醉金迷的生活. 来自辞典例句
- 2. Oh, no! Looks like they catch me drowse.
- 喔, 糟了. 他们好像发觉我在打瞌睡.
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- 3. Teach him to read, teach to midnight, chen Xian drowse, the head came up against screen.
- 教他读书, 教至半夜, 陈咸瞌睡, 头碰到了屏风.
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