doss

doss
(Brit. informal)(英，非正式)
verb
[no obj.]
  1. sleep in rough accommodation or on an improvised bed
    （在简陋条件下或在临时搭的床上）凑合着睡，临时过夜
    he dossed down on a friend's floor.
    他在朋友家地板上凑合睡了一夜。
  2. spend time idly
    游手好闲，无所事事地度日
    all I've seen her do so far is doss around.
    至今我只见她游手好闲。
noun
  1. an instance of sleeping in rough accommodation or on an improvised bed
    （在简陋条件下或在临时搭的床上）凑合着睡，临时过夜
    ■(archaic)a bed in a cheap lodging house
    （廉价宿舍的）古简陋床铺
  2. an easy task giving the opportunity for idling
    轻闲的工作
    they thought being a student was a great doss.
    他们认为做学生是件轻闲的事情。
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: perhaps based on Latin dorsum 'back'
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