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(intransitive, also figuratively) To be sleepy and inactive. / (intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.

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drowse

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drowse

IPA（発音記号）

/dɹaʊz/

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(intransitive, also figuratively) To be sleepy and inactive. / (intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.

日本語の意味

眠気を感じ、うとうととぼけた状態になる、あるいは軽く居眠りする / 寝入りばなに一瞬うたた寝する、もしくはまどろむ

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She would sometimes drowse during the late afternoon meeting, her head nodding and her thoughts wandering.

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彼女はときどき午後遅くの会議中にうとうとし、頭がうなだれ、考えがぼんやりしてしまった。

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意味（1）

(intransitive, also figuratively) To be sleepy and inactive.

Under the aching noonday glare, when the green things drooped and the birds withdrew to the depths of the forest, and all nature drowsed, his great "Ha! ha!" and "Ho! ho!" rose up to the sky and challenged the sun.

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意味（2）

(intransitive) To nod off; to fall asleep.

意味（3）

(transitive) To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.)

[…] the wary tadpole returned from exile, the bullfrog resumed his ancient song, the tranquil turtle sunned his back upon bank and log and drowsed his grateful life away as in the old sweet days of yore.

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