doss

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doss1 /dɒs $ dɑːs/ verb [intransitiveI] British EnglishBrE informal

1 (also doss down) to sleep somewhere that is not your usual place, or not a real bed 〔不在通常睡觉的地方或不在床上〕将就着睡，过夜

I dossed down on the couch downstairs.

我是在楼下的长沙发上过夜的。

2 doss around/about phrasal verbphr v informal LAZYto spend your time in a lazy way, doing very little 混时间，闲混

We just dossed around all day Saturday.

星期六我们闲混了一整天。

Examples from the Corpus

doss• He meant he'd find somewhere to doss down, and that included me.• She knew that Harry liked to doss down in the porch.• I suppose that'd be to stop folks like Vern - like me and Vern - using them to doss down in.• Nor are folk expected to doss down on a pair of planks across the bath.• You can stay here, if you don't mind dossing down on the floor.• The party finished late, so I just dossed on the floor at Adele's.• He lets you doss on the floor of his bedroom.• Here he was a punter, a champagne Charlie, dossing with the underclass.

doss2 noun British EnglishBrE informal

1 a doss informal EASYwork that does not need much effort 不费力的工作

This job’s a real doss.

这份工作真是轻松得很。

Origin doss1

(1700-1800) doss “a (place to) sleep” ((18-20 centuries)), probably from French dos “back”, from the idea of lying on your back

doss2

(1800-1900) doss “a sleep” ( → DOSS1), from the idea of something you could do in your sleep

doss1 verbdoss2 noun

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