“打瞌睡”英語怎麼說

　摘要：根據一則新報道，英國有近五分之一的汽車司機曾在開車時打瞌睡，這個結果着實令人震驚。你知道怎麼用英語表達嗎?

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.

根據一則新報道，英國有近五分之一的汽車司機曾在開車時打瞌睡，這個結果着實令人震驚。

這些“瞌睡蟲司機”中又有約十分之三(29%)在高速公路上以每小時70英里的速度行駛時打瞌睡，真是令人捏把汗。

開車時睡着過的男司機達25%，幾乎是打瞌睡女司機的兩倍(13%)。

　　【講解】

文中的doze off就是“打瞌睡”的意思。doze是動詞，解釋爲“打瞌睡”，通常與介詞off搭配。doze也可以作名詞用，如have a doze 打個盹兒、fell into a short doze 小睡。

另外，詞組behind the wheel，字面意思是“坐在方向盤前”，即“開車”之意，如the woman behind the wheel 開車的女子。這裏的wheel指方向盤，即相當於steering wheel。