| 词组 | doss |
| 释义 | doss Ⅰ 1. noun 1 sleep US, 1894. 2 a waste of time UK, 1998. 3 an easy thing to do UK, 1999. 4 an attractive female US, 1968. 5 a brakevan (caboose) US, 1977 2. verb to sleep in temporary accommodation, usually on an improvised bed – floor, sofa, etc. Sometimes embellished to 'doss down' UK, 1744 Ⅱ ⇨ doss about; doss verb to waste time UK, 1935 doss about/around doss about/around BrE informal to spend your time doing nothing: We just dossed around all day on Saturday.■ SIMILAR TO: laze around/about doss down doss down BrE informal to sleep somewhere such as the floor because there is no bed available or because you do not have a place to live: Harry has been dossing down on a friend's floor for the past two weeks. Students are having to doss down in seminar rooms because there's not enough accommodation available.■ SIMILAR TO: kip down BrE informal doss aboutTo waste time; to shirk one's work or responsibility by doing something unproductive. Primarily heard in UK. There's no way we'll get this project finished on time if everyone keeps dossing about like this! I should have been working on my paper all weekend long, but instead, I just dossed about playing videogames. doss aroundTo waste time; to shirk one's work or responsibility by doing something unproductive. Primarily heard in UK. There's no way we'll get this project finished on time if everyone keeps dossing about like this! I should have been working on my paper all weekend long, but instead, I just dossed about playing videogames. doss downslang To lie down and sleep. I was so tired that I just dossed down in the middle of the living room. doss down for (some period of time)slang To lie down and sleep. I was so tired that I just dossed down for an hour in the middle of the living room. doss down (for some time)Sl. to lie down to sleep for a period of time. Chuck dossed down for a few hours before the evening performance. It's midnight: time to doss down. doss down (for some time) in. to lie down to sleep for a period of time. Chuck dossed down for a few hours before the evening performance. doss downverbSee doss down for some time |
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