| 单词 | nod |
| 释义 | verb | noun nodnod1 /nɑd/ ●●○ W3 verb (nodded, nodding) 1[intransitive, transitive] to move your head up and down, especially in order to show that you agree with or understand something: I asked her if she was OK, and she nodded. When asked if he would come, he nodded yes.nod (your head) in agreement/approval/sympathy etc. Several women nodded in approval as Marion spoke. Casey was nodding his head in agreement.2[intransitive, transitive] to move your head down and up again once in order to greet someone or give someone a sign of something: nod at/to/toward etc. I nodded to the waiter and asked for the check. “She’s in her room,” Hans said, nodding his head toward the door. He nodded in the direction of (=toward) the trees.3have a nodding acquaintance (with somebody/something) to know someone slightly or know a little about a subject: I had only a nodding acquaintance with the admiral.4[intransitive] literary if a tall plant nods, its top part moves up and down when the wind blows itnod off phrasal verb to begin to sleep, when you do not intend to: I kept nodding off during the lecture. verb | noun nodnod2 ●●○ noun [countable usually singular] 1an act of nodding: Carlyle gave an approving nod.2the nod approval of something or someone: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was one novel that got the nod from children. The plan has been given the nod by local officials.3a nod to/toward something a sign that shows you recognize that something is important or worth recognizing: The Chinese music in the background was a nod to Beijing’s sponsorship of the event. → see also the land of nod at land1 (7) |
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