saw gourds

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To snore very loudly. intransitive
    — I thought of these things with a tendency to philosophize, but Zeno himself would have gone to sleep after such a day as I had spent. In five minutes, thoughtless and philosophers, we were all “sawing gourds” together in the land of Nod.

词形变化

saws gourds present,singular,third-person sawing gourds participle,present sawed gourds past sawed gourds participle,past sawn gourds participle,past

词源

In reference to the sound made by sawing.
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