drowse
英 [draʊz]
美 [draʊz]
- vi. 打瞌睡；發呆
- vt. 使昏昏欲睡；昏昏沉沉地消磨（時光）
- n. 瞌睡；假寐
助記提示
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. 由此推出同源詞：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. 諧音“找死” --- 你敢打瞌睡，是找死嗎？---- 一個很霸氣的老師看到一個學生在打瞌睡，於是說“你敢打瞌睡，是找死嗎？”。
5. drowse-dr- dream-owse- browse（本意）徜徉在夢鄉裏: v打瞌睡---夢見周公。
6. 諧音“桌睡、裝睡、抓睡”----趴在桌子上睡覺。
7. The etymological notion underlying drowsy seems to be of heaviness, with eyelids falling and the head nodding over the chest.
8. browse <====> drowse: 書看累了，自然就會抓瞌睡。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. She was no sensualist, longing to drowse sleepily in the lap of luxury.
- 她不是個**主義者,想昏昏沉沉地過紙醉金迷的生活.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Oh, no! Looks like they catch me drowse.
- 喔, 糟了. 他們好像發覺我在打瞌睡.
來自互聯網
- 3. Teach him to read, teach to midnight, chen Xian drowse, the head came up against screen.
- 教他讀書, 教至半夜, 陳鹹瞌睡, 頭碰到了屏風.
來自互聯網