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

• 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。
• Primary Study of Drift-off-Course of Information in Net-work Study
  网络学习中的信息迷航问题初探
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Ignoring linguistic universalism study will make the research in China drift off from the cognitive method that language is used as a part of common biological property and hence head for isolationism.
  忽视语言共性研究将使中国语言学偏离语言作为全人类共同生物属性一部分的认识方法，从而走向孤立主义的道路。
• Don't want them to drift off into too deep a sleep.
  他们不能睡得太熟。
• 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。
• You drift off to sleep and next thing you know, it sounds like a lumberyard.
  你睡着了然后被惊醒，那就像木场里锯木发出的声音。
• 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。