doss

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɒs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The avoidance of work. Ireland,UK,countable,slang,uncountable
    — I am going to have a doss tomorrow.
  2. An easy piece of work. Ireland,UK,countable,slang,uncountable
    — Circumnavigating the world in a canoe is no doss.
  3. A place to sleep in; a bed. Ireland,UK,countable,dated,slang
  4. Sleep. Ireland,UK,broadly,countable,dated
动词 v.
  1. To avoid work, shirk, etc. Ireland,UK,intransitive
    — I am going to doss tomorrow when the match is on.
  2. To sleep, especially in the open or in a makeshift bed, commonly in a derelict building because one is homeless. Australia,UK,intransitive,slang
    — I normally have to doss in shop doorways or on park benches.
形容词 adj.
  1. Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt. Scotland,not-comparable
    — Get a hauld o yersel, ya doss cunt!
  2. Good, desirable. Scotland,not-comparable
    — The place is pure doss, like.

词形变化

dosses present,singular,third-person dossing participle,present dossed participle,past dossed past dosses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dosser doss off doss out overdoss dossbag
相关词
doss about doss around doss down doss-house doss off dosser

词源

词源 1
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
词源 2
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
词源 3
Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).
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