| 单词 | land of nod |
| 释义 | land of Nod[ nod ] / nɒd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR land of Nod ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe mythical land of sleep. Origin of land of NodFirst recorded in 1725–35; a pun on Land of Nod (Genesis 4:16); see nod Words nearby land of NodLand of Beulah, Land of Enchantment, land office, land-office business, land of milk and honey, land of Nod, Land of Opportunity, Land of Oz, Land of Promise, Land of the Little Sticks, Land of the Midnight Sun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for land of Nodland of Nod nounOld Testament a region to the east of Eden to which Cain went after he had killed Abel (Genesis 4:14) an imaginary land of sleep Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for land of Nodland of Nod To “go off to the land of Nod,” or to “nod off,” is to go to sleep: “What a boring speech! Half the listeners are on their way to the land of Nod.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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