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
  1. When she finally fell asleep, she began to dream.
     她终于睡着了，并开始做梦。
  2. I pinched myself to stop myself from falling asleep.
     我掐自己以防自己睡着。
• 指入睡，尤指有意想睡着：
  to start to sleep, especially when you intend to
  1. I shut my eyes and tried to go to sleep.
     我闭上了眼睛想睡。
  2. He woke for a moment and then went to sleep again.
     他醒了一会儿，然后又睡了。
• 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
  1. He took a long time getting to sleep that night.
     他那天晚上过了好长时间才睡着。
• 指睡着，尤指渐渐地入睡：
  to fall asleep, especially gradually
  1. 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。
• 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
  1. I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
     我在那次会议上差点睡着了。
• 指打盹儿、小睡：
  ( BrE informal ) to start sleeping lightly
  1. I dropped off and missed the end of the film.
     我打了个盹儿，错过了影片的结尾。

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• change from a waking to a sleeping state
  1. he always falls asleep during lectures
  Synonym:fall asleepdope offflake outnod offdrop offdoze offdrowse off

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• In this paper, the second order steady drift force on ships and floating off-shore structures are calculated by far field method.
  应用远场方法计算了作用在船舶及离岸结构物上的二阶稳态横漂力。
• 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。
• 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。
• I've tried letting my mind drift off to my happy place, but I can't get cell phone reception there.
  我已经试着让我的思想转移到我快乐的地方，但我在那收不到手机信号。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Every time I drift off course, I get reminded of this story.
  每当我对人生漫不经心时，我就会想起这个故事。