nod off

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  • 英英释义

1. PHRASAL VERB (尤指不打算入睡时)打瞌睡,打盹 If you nod off, you fall asleep, especially when you had not intended to. 
  • 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。

  • He was nodding off to sleep in an armchair.

    他坐在扶手椅上打盹,睡着了。

Verb

1. change from a waking to a sleeping state;

  • "he always falls asleep during lectures"