change from a waking to a sleeping state;

"he always falls asleep during lectures"

when i am about to nod off in the office, the boss walked in.

我在办公室刚刚欲睡，老板走了进来。

men are far less likely to nod off when they’re ravenous, and pillow-talk over breakfast in bed can be particularly intimate.

当他们饿的时候男人不太可能打瞌睡，而且在床上边吃早餐边谈话会更显得亲密。

the findings may explain why parents instinctively rock babies to sleep, and why we find it so easy to nod off when slumped in a rocking chair, they add.

他们还说，这项发现或许可以解释父母本能的摇晃婴儿睡觉的原因，也可以解释为何我们一躺在摇椅上就会打盹。

this be a meeting, you will probably nod off a little .

虽然是开会，你（们）也会打一会儿盹儿吧。

he used to nod off during the french class.

他以前总是在法语课上打瞌睡。

sleep studies haven’t yet concluded whether there are benefits to these brief intervals, like when you nod off on someone’s shoulder on the train.

短的就像你在火车上不小心靠着别人的肩头打了个小盹，睡眠研究对如此简短的盹是否对人体有好处尚未定论。

a recent study found people who struggled to nod off had up to a 45 percent greater risk of heart problems than those who slept soundly.

最近的一项研究表明，入睡困难的人比那些睡得很香的人罹患心脏病的几率高出45%。&ldquo；

so even if you nod off (in front of the tv, for example), you probably won「t stay asleep for long.

所以即使你打盹了（比如在电视机前），你很可能也睡不了多久。

this is a meeting, you will probably nod off a little.

虽然是开会，你（们）也会打一会儿盹儿吧。

then there is her habit of appearing to nod off momentarily between utterances, as if she were on something stronger than electricity.

而且她还有个习惯，说话的时候一个劲的点头，好像她用的不是电，而是比电结实得多的东西。

the student began to nod off during math class.

那学生上数学课的时候开始打盹。

usually, i will nod off when the class begins about ten minutes.

通常上课开始十分钟左右我就会打瞌睡了。

he likes to nod off at the meeting.

他喜欢在开会时打盹。

by learning from patients who nod off unexpectedly during the day, researchers have pinpointed a chemical that could help people who can」t sleep at night.

基于对发作性睡病患者的研究，研究人员指出一种化学物质将对夜间失眠患者有帮助。

drinking within three hours of bedtime helps you nod off -- booze is a depressant.

睡前三小时内喝酒能帮你打盹 臰——狂饮就有反作用了。

i often nod off for a little while in the sofa after lunch.

中餐后我经常会在沙发上打一会儿盹。

studies have indicated the scent may help people nod off faster than they normally would, and get them into the rem, or dream state, more quickly.

研究表明香气能使人们比正常状况下更快地有困意，更快地进入快速眼动或做梦状态。

in fact, they have the uncanny ability to nod off in the oddest of places, as these pictures show.

实际上，它们有着不可思议的能力在任何奇奇怪怪的地方打盹，正如下面这些照片一样。 。

are you more likely to nod off with the remote--instead of your partner--by your side?

你打瞌睡的时候在你身边的是电视遥控器而不是你的爱人？

japanese who watched footage of their former finance minister slur his words and appear to nod off at a group of seven press conference can now try to keep him awake in a new cell phone game.

那些看到他们前财政部长在七国共同举办的新闻发布会上口齿不清，神智迷糊的镜头的日本人现在试图让他在新的手机游戏上保持清醒。