drift off
英 [drɪft ɒf]
美 [drɪft ɔːf]
迷迷糊糊地睡去; 逐渐入睡
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- When she finally fell asleep, she began to dream.
她终于睡着了，并开始做梦。 - I pinched myself to stop myself from falling asleep.
我掐自己以防自己睡着。
- When she finally fell asleep, she began to dream.
- 指入睡，尤指有意想睡着：
to start to sleep, especially when you intend to- I shut my eyes and tried to go to sleep.
我闭上了眼睛想睡。 - He woke for a moment and then went to sleep again.
他醒了一会儿，然后又睡了。
- I shut my eyes and tried to go to sleep.
- 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- He took a long time getting to sleep that night.
他那天晚上过了好长时间才睡着。
- He took a long time getting to sleep that night.
- 指睡着，尤指渐渐地入睡：
to fall asleep, especially gradually- 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。
- I must have drifted off, because when I woke we were nearly home.
- 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- I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
我在那次会议上差点睡着了。
- I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
- 指打盹儿、小睡：
( BrE informal ) to start sleeping lightly- I dropped off and missed the end of the film.
我打了个盹儿，错过了影片的结尾。
- I dropped off and missed the end of the film.
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 迷迷糊糊地睡去;逐渐入睡
If youdrift offto sleep, you gradually fall asleep.- It was only when he finally drifted off to sleep that the headaches eased.
只有当他最后迷迷糊糊睡着时,他的头痛才有所减轻。
- It was only when he finally drifted off to sleep that the headaches eased.
英英释义
verb
- change from a waking to a sleeping state
- he always falls asleep during lectures
双语例句
- One great benefit of learning to nurse lying down is that you can drift off to sleep while your baby nurses.
学会卧位哺乳的一个很大好处是在宝宝吃奶时你可以入睡。 - When you first drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing well slow and become quite regular.
在你开始昏昏入睡时，你的眼睛会滚动几下，体温略有下降，肌肉放松，呼吸变得缓慢而有节奏。 - It's actually perfect for keeping your head still while you drift off into dreamland.
进入梦乡的时候，有个东西固定住脑袋才完美啊。 - At the same time, as Gary Hamel surely a shoo-in for a future honorary fellowship in strategy pointed out to me, many universities have allowed their own management research to drift off into financial exotica or business esoterica.
同时，加里哈默尔（garyhamel，此人未来必将成为战略学的荣誉高级会员）告诉我，许多大学的管理学研究已经开始涉足一些不带有普遍性的金融现象，或商业中一些深奥的学问。 - You drift off to sleep and next thing you know, it sounds like a lumberyard.
你睡着了然后被惊醒，那就像木场里锯木发出的声音。 - Ignoring linguistic universalism study will make the research in China drift off from the cognitive method that language is used as a part of common biological property and hence head for isolationism.
忽视语言共性研究将使中国语言学偏离语言作为全人类共同生物属性一部分的认识方法，从而走向孤立主义的道路。 - Around midnight, I drift off on a bunk bed inside the cabin.
大约午夜，我渐渐离开，在船舱里的双层床上休息。 - They put on their headphones, drape a hood over their head and drift off into the world of "digital highs".
他们戴上耳机，裹住头部，沉溺于“数码极乐世界”。 - Teaching-research-type universities tend to drift off their main course as a result of seeking higher level, larger scale and comprehensive disciplines.
教学研究型大学往往因求高、求大、求全，工作重心容易出现偏差。 - It has Taiwan, of course, but the collage also includes a smattering of small shapes that drift off into what is presumably the South China Sea.
当然，地图里包括了台湾，但还有零星几张照片漂移到了应该是南中国海的地方。