“打瞌睡”英语怎么说

　摘要：根据一则新报道，英国有近五分之一的汽车司机曾在开车时打瞌睡，这个结果着实令人震惊。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

Almost one in five drivers have dozed off behind the wheel, a shocking new report has revealed.

Of those who were nodding off, a worrying three in ten (29 per cent) have done so on the motorway doing speeds up to 70 miles per hour.

The report also found a quarter of men have fallen asleep while driving, making them almost twice as likely as women (13 per cent) to do so.

根据一则新报道，英国有近五分之一的汽车司机曾在开车时打瞌睡，这个结果着实令人震惊。

这些“瞌睡虫司机”中又有约十分之三(29%)在高速公路上以每小时70英里的速度行驶时打瞌睡，真是令人捏把汗。

开车时睡着过的男司机达25%，几乎是打瞌睡女司机的两倍(13%)。

　　【讲解】

文中的doze off就是“打瞌睡”的意思。doze是动词，解释为“打瞌睡”，通常与介词off搭配。doze也可以作名词用，如have a doze 打个盹儿、fell into a short doze 小睡。

另外，词组behind the wheel，字面意思是“坐在方向盘前”，即“开车”之意，如the woman behind the wheel 开车的女子。这里的wheel指方向盘，即相当于steering wheel。