doss

FREQ #36972

n. 睡床, (廉价简陋的)床铺, 睡眠 vi. 睡

发音

UK /dɒs/
AU /dɑs/

词形变化

dosses 复数 dossed dosses 三单 dosses dossing dossing 现在分词 dossed 过去式 dossed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The avoidance of work.

    爱尔兰 可数 俚语 不可数

    I am going to have a doss tomorrow.

  2. 2.

    An easy piece of work.

    爱尔兰 可数 俚语 不可数

    Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.

  3. 3.

    A place to sleep in; a bed.

    爱尔兰 可数 过时 俚语 不可数
  4. 4.

    Sleep.

    爱尔兰 可数 过时 俚语 不可数 引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To avoid work, shirk, etc.

    爱尔兰 不及物

    I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.

  2. 2.

    To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless.

    澳大利亚 不及物 俚语

    I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.

    苏格兰

    Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!

  2. 2.

    Good, desirable.

    苏格兰

    The place is pure doss, like.

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词源

Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).

来源:wiktionary