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
- 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”。 - Primary Study of Drift-off-Course of Information in Net-work Study
网络学习中的信息迷航问题初探 - 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。 - Though our pilots today will try to approximate the original landing site, there have the mercy of the winds, so who knows where they'll drift off to.
尽管我们的飞行员今天将尽力地去估算当时着陆的地点，但是得宽容一下，因为有风，所以没人晓得他们能漂到哪里！ - 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'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。 - We can't just watch it drift off course and say goodbye to all that work and money.
我们不能眼睁睁的看着它沉睡然后和所有的工作和花费说再见。 - As I watched her, I began to drift off to sleep, feeling nothing menacing about her.
当我看到她，我开始散去睡觉，感觉没有什么威胁她。 - 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。