词组 | land of nod |
释义 | ☞ In the Bible, the Land of Nod was the place to which Cain was exiled after the murder of his brother Abel (Genesis 4:16). It has been used punningly to refer to sleep since the 18th century, notably by Jonathan Swift in Polite Conversation (1731–8): 'I'm going to the Land of Nod'. |
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