| 词汇 | dossing |
| 释义 | dossing present participle ofdoss doss verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] UKslanguk /dɒs/ us /dɑːs/ to sleep outside or in an empty building because you have no home and no money: （因无家无钱而）露宿;（在无人居住的空房子里）过夜 She was dossing in doorways until the police picked her up.她在被警方收容之前一直在门道里过夜。 See also dosshouseUKslang (alsodoss down) to sleep somewhere without a bed: （在没床的地方）凑合着睡觉 Can I doss down at your house tonight, after the party?今晚聚会结束后我能在你家凑合过一夜吗？ Homelessness bag lady be of/have no fixed abode/addressidiom couch surf couchsurfing derelict doss dumping ground hobo homelessness hostel housing benefit mendicancy mendicant sofa-surfing soup kitchen street street child street homeless tramp waifs and straysidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping Phrasal verbdoss around Examples of dossingdossing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. There is no way of counting those dossing in private "crash pads". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 En fact, she was dossing—squatting—in one of our council flats, which should have been used by a family desperately in need of housing in our area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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