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
- 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。 - The analysis for the effect shows that the ground-mode oscillating beam will drift off the Gauss distribution if the nonequilibrium gain distribution is caused by pumping light in the laser medium.
这种影响主要表现为：若抽运光在激光介质中引起非均匀的增益分布，基模振荡光将偏离高斯分布。 - 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！ - 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。 - Very nice, better than last week, he'd say. Then I would follow into a medley of his favorites, Red River Valley and Home on the Range, and he would drift off to sleep, the newspaper folded on his lap.
他会说，不错，比上星期好，然后我会接着拉他喜欢的曲子红河谷和山上的家。听着听着，他慢慢睡着了，报纸叠在腿上。 - Later the president is able to tuck his children into bed before they drift off to sleep.
晚饭过后，在他们睡之前总统奥巴马还能哄孩子们睡觉。 - 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”。 - The spectators give a great cheer for their city, then drift off into the night.
观众们为自己的城市放声欢呼，然后在黑夜中渐渐散去。 - Don't want them to drift off into too deep a sleep.
他们不能睡得太熟。