| 单词 | the land of nod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe land of Nod b. the land of Nod [punning on the biblical place name (see Genesis 4:16)] : sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] sleepc825 swevenOE swevetOE repasta1382 slumberc1386 lib1665 the land of Nod1738 balmy1841 shut-eye1899 beddy-byes1906 dreamland1912 sleepy-bye1925 sack drill1946 sack duty1954 zed1973 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 214 I'm going to the Land of Nod. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 124 There's queer things chanced since ye hae been in the land of Nod. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xviii [It] had my lady into the land of Nod in half a minute. 1900 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 642/2 In the night-time, when human beings..are absent in the Land of Nod. 1995 Mother & Baby June 5/2 A sleep plan guaranteed to send babies and toddlers to the land of Nod. < as lemmas |
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