snooze英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A brief period of sleep; a nap.

— The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.
The snooze button on an alarm clock. informal
Something boring. informal

— The whole movie was a snooze.

动词 v.

To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze. intransitive

— The boss caught him snoozing at his desk.
To pause; to postpone for a short while. transitive

— It enables you to dismiss the reminder, dismiss all reminders, open the highlighted item in the Reminder dialog, and snooze the reminder. Snoozing a reminder is similar to hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock[…]

词形变化

snoozes present,singular,third-person snoozing participle,present snoozed participle,past snoozed past snooz alternative snoozes plural snooz alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

snooze off snoozer you snooze you lose snoozapalooza snoozeathon snooze button snoozefest snoozetime snoozeworthy snoozle snoozy tiger snooze

词源

词源 1

Unknown, attested since 18th century. Compare Dutch snoezelen (“to snooze”) or Swedish snusa (“to snore lightly”). Compare also Ancient Greek νυστάζω (nustázō, “to doze, drowse”) and Russian сон (son, “sleep, dream”).

词源 2

Unknown, attested since 18th century. Compare Dutch snoezelen (“to snooze”) or Swedish snusa (“to snore lightly”). Compare also Ancient Greek νυστάζω (nustázō, “to doze, drowse”) and Russian сон (son, “sleep, dream”).