snooze

英 [snuːz]

美 [snuːz]

v.  (尤指在白天)小睡，打盹
n.  小睡

现在分词：snoozing　过去式：snoozed　第三人称单数：snoozes　复数：snoozes　过去分词：snoozed　

BNC.33080 / COCA.21084

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指在白天）小睡，打盹
  to have a short light sleep, especially during the day and usually not in bed
  1. My brother was snoozing on the sofa.
     我弟弟正在沙发上打盹。

柯林斯词典

• (尤指在白天的)小睡，打盹儿
  Asnoozeis a short, light sleep, especially during the day.
• VERB 小睡;打盹儿
  If yousnooze, you sleep lightly for a short period of time.
  1. Mark snoozed in front of the television...
     马克在电视机前打起盹儿来。
  2. Patients are given an extra 15 minutes to snooze before being woken gently.
     在被轻轻叫醒之前，病人还有 15 分钟的小睡时间。

英英释义

noun

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
  Synonym:napcatnapcat sleepforty winksshort sleep

verb

• sleep lightly or for a short period of time
  Synonym:drowsedoze

双语例句

• Now before you yawn, rub your eyes and hit the snooze button, consider the consequences of living in a nation of sleepheads.
  现在在你打哈欠，揉眼睛，准备打盹之前，想一想生活在一个瞌睡虫遍地的国家是怎样的一个情况吧。
• When this bear needs to snooze, where does he choose to lay down his furry self.
  当这只熊需要小睡一会儿的时候，它要将它毛茸茸的身体放置在哪里呢？
• If you work for an enlightened company, they now provide nap rooms for you to have a snooze, because experts say this can increase productivity, reduce stress and fatigue and lessen the risk of heart disease.
  如果你在一家开明的公司上班，他们都给你提供午睡室，让你在里面睡一会儿，因为专家说这样做可以提高工作效率，减轻压力和疲劳，并降低心脏病的风险。
• A good excuse to hit the snooze button!
  一个按小睡按钮的好的借口！
• So go ahead and nap& a short daily snooze might ward off a heart attack later in life.
  所以，试试吧，午睡一会&一个短短的午睡可能避免今后生活中心脏病的发作。
• After having a noontime snooze, she still played the flute in the afternoon.
  午睡过后，下午她仍然在家里吹长笛。
• Now, researchers believe they have found out why some people struggle to sleep at night and reach for the snooze button in the morning-their body clocks are set too slow.
  为什么有些人尽量早睡就为了能早起，现在，研究人员认为他们找到了原因，就是因为他们的生物钟被设置得太慢了。
• Just looking at these slumbering giraffes is enough to give you a crick in the neck-which is why the world's tallest animals don't often stop for a snooze.
  看着这些睡觉的长颈鹿你都会觉得脖子累，这就是为什么这种世界上最高的动物通常不会随便停下打个盹儿。
• 'When I was in my 20s, I'd use multiple alarm clocks and snooze away, but now I'm in my mid-60s, so I don't need that much sleep anymore,' he says.
  他还说：在我20多岁的时候，我得用上多个闹钟，可还是会瞌睡过去。但现在我都60多了，所以不再需要那么多的睡眠了。
• A 90-minute daytime snooze might help the most, the study finds.
  研究发现，白天小睡90分钟对巩固记忆最有效。