be/feel dozy
I felt dozy after the long flight.
长途飞行后我感到昏昏欲睡。
困倦的;昏昏欲睡的
doziest — superlative of dozy
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
困倦的;昏昏欲睡的
Quite sleepy or tired.
I felt dozy after the long flight.
长途飞行后我感到昏昏欲睡。
昏昏欲睡的;相当困倦的。
Quite sleepy or tired.
智力迟钝的;愚笨的。
Intellectually slow.
腐烂的;朽烂的;海绵状的。
Decaying, rotten, spongy.
After the long flight, I felt so dozy that I could barely keep my eyes open.
长途飞行后,我感到非常困倦,几乎睁不开眼睛。
The warm room and the heavy lunch made everyone feel dozy during the meeting.
温暖的房间和丰盛的午餐让会议上的每个人都感到昏昏欲睡。
She was still dozy when she woke up from her nap.
她小睡醒来后仍然昏昏沉沉的。
I felt dozy after the long flight.
长途飞行后我感到昏昏欲睡。
A dozy driver ran the red light.
一个昏昏欲睡的司机闯了红灯。
I was too dozy to work in the afternoon.
我下午太困了,没法工作。
Not this
I dozy because I didn't sleep well last night.
Use this
I am dozy because I didn't sleep well last night.
dozy 是形容词,不能单独作谓语;汉语可以说“我困”,但英语中形容词作表语必须加系动词 be。
Not this
I feel more dozy than I did this morning.
Use this
I feel dozier than I did this morning.
dozy 是以 y 结尾的双音节形容词,比较级要把 y 变为 i 再加 -er,即 dozier,而不是用 more dozy。
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感到昏昏欲睡
After lunch I always feel dozy.
午饭后我总是感到昏昏欲睡。
令人困倦的下午
The warm dozy afternoon made us want to nap.
温暖的午后让人昏昏欲睡,我们都想打个盹。
迟钝的学生
The dozy student struggled to answer the simple question.
那个迟钝的学生很难回答这个简单的问题。
朽烂的木材
The old shed was built from dozy timber.
旧棚屋是用朽烂的木材建的。
处于困倦的状态
The medicine put me in a dozy mood.
药让我处于困倦的状态。
Use doziest naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 dozy 记成 doze(打盹)的形容词:昏昏欲睡;再联想烂木头又软又钝,引申迟钝、腐烂。
语域:mixed 常见场景:casual conversation、informal writing、British English usage dozy 通常用于非正式场合,日常对话和轻松的书面语中较为常见。表示“困倦的”或“迟钝的”时多为口语用法;表示“腐烂的”时适用场景相对有限,需根据上下文判断具体含义。
与 dozy 押韵的词有 cozy /ˈkəuzi/、rosy /ˈrəuzi/、posy /ˈpəuzi/、nosy /ˈnəuzi/,重读元音和末尾 /zi/ 相同。注意拼写相近的 doze /dəuz/ 不押韵,因为末尾没有 /i/;dizzy /ˈdɪzi/ 拼写相似但元音是 /ɪ/。cozy 与 dozy 一样以 -ozy 结尾,拼写也相近。
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