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中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 瞌睡
- vi.
- 打瞌睡
- vt.
- 使瞌睡
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 *drousen
- 继承自 ←古英语 drūsan
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *drūsijaną “to look down; mourn”
- 继承自 ←原始印欧语 *dʰrewHs- “to break off; to fall down”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *dʰrewHs-
词源说明
The verb is either:
a back-formation from drowsy, which is attested earlier; or
possibly from Middle English *drousen (no known attestations), from Old English drūsan, drūsian (“to droop, sink; to become feeble, inactive, low, or slow, drowse”), from Proto-Germanic *drūsijaną (“to look down; mourn”) (possibly merged with *dreusaną (“to fall”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewHs- (“to break off; to fall down”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.
- (transitive) Followed by away: to pass (time) drowsily or in sleeping; also, to proceed