doze
意味
- うたた寝をする,居眠りをする《+off》
- 〈時〉をうとうとと過ごす《+away+名》
- うたた寝,居眠り
例文
He dozed off even though he didn't want to.
彼はついうとうととした。
I dozed off in the train and slept right past my station.
電車に乗ってウトッとしてたら、駅を寝過ごしてしまった。
It looks like I must have dozed off.
どうやら、俺は微睡んでいたらしい・・・。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.