dozily
adverb informal uk/ˈdəʊ.zəl.i/ us/ˈdoʊ.zəl.i/
昏昏欲睡地
in a way that shows someone is tired and wants to sleep
Martin slept through it all - rolling over dozily when she tried to wake him. 马丁一直在睡——当她试着叫醒他时,他昏昏沉沉地翻了个身。
She told herself dozily that she mustn't fall asleep. 她昏昏欲睡但告诉自己决不能睡着。
UK笨的;迟钝的
in a way that shows that someone is slow to think or react, or is not very intelligent
I gazed rather dozily at the teacher, unable to pretend I had a clue what she was talking about. 我有些迟钝地看着老师,无法假装自己知道她在说什么。
See: dozy
- More examples
- The baby would sit dozily in her pram until the sun went down.
- She spent most of the day gazing dozily at the kitchen fire.
- What I hadn't anticipated, rather dozily, was that I would need my passport for the flight.