動變: 過去式:nodded 過去分詞:nodded 現在進行時:nodding
名複: nods
nod
KK:[nɑd] DJ:[nɒd]
vi.
- 點頭
- 打盹，打瞌睡
- 不小心而出錯
- （樹梢，花等）擺動，搖曳
- 吸食（注射）毒品之後睡著
vt.
- 點（頭）
- 點頭表示；向……點頭表示[O1]
n.
- 點頭[S1]
- 打盹，打瞌睡[C]
- 擺動，搖曳[C]
- （點頭表示）同意[the S]
片語
Homer sometimes nods.
- 智者千慮，必有一失。
nod off
- 打盹
衍生
n.
nodder
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
v.
(nods, nodding, nodded)
- lower and raise one's head slightly and briefly, especially in greeting, assent, or understanding, or as a signal. ▸signify or express in this way: ▸ (nod something through) informal approve something by general agreement and without discussion.▸move one's head up and down repeatedly.
- let one's head fall forward when drowsy or asleep. ▸ (nod off) informal fall asleep.▸make a mistake due to a momentary lack of attention. [with allusion to L. dormitat Homerus ‘even Homer nods’ (Horace Ars Poet. 359).]
- Soccer head (the ball) in a specified direction without great force.
n.
an act of nodding.▸a gesture of acknowledgement or concession.
Phrase
- a nodding acquaintance
a slight acquaintance. - be on nodding terms
know someone slightly. - give someone/thing the nod
- select or approve someone or something.
- give someone a signal.
- on the nod
Brit. informal- by general agreement and without discussion.
- dated on credit.
Etymology
ME: perh. of Low Ger. origin.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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