If you nod off, you fall asleep, especially when you had not intended to. The judge appeared to nod off yesterday while a witness was being cross-examined He was nodding off to sleep in an armchair. = doze off
nod off
Расстановка переносов
Nod off
Турецкое произношение
näd ôf
Произношение
/ˈnäd ˈôf/ /ˈnɑːd ˈɔːf/
Этимология
[ 'näd ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English nodden; perhaps akin to Old High German hnotOn to shake.