It's that time of day when I need to nod off, or in other words, fall asleep.

我每天白天都打一会儿盹，也就是小睡一会儿。

From a young age we're told to count sheep to help us to nod off, with some choosing to stay in bed to battle with insomnia.

我们从小就被告知要数绵羊来帮助我们打瞌睡，有些人选择躺在床上与失眠作斗争。

" To abandon" and " to nod off" both have different meanings in English besides the ones we've talked about here;take a look at the Learning Guide for some additional explanations of these expressions.

“放弃”和“打瞌睡”在英语中除了我们在这里讨论的含义外还有不同的含义；请查看学习指南以了解对这些表达的一些额外解释。

Yes, you might have heard of a 'cat nap' which is kind of similar, but it's not associated with work and we have other words to talk about sleep like 'snooze' or 'to nod off' and many others.

是的，你可能听说过类似的 cat nap，但它与工作无关，我们还有其他词来形容睡眠，比如“打盹儿”或“打瞌睡”等等。

So for example, your brother-in-law is telling you a story about how he went skiing, and you're not very interested and you start to nod off – you start to fall asleep because it's so boring.

例如，你的姐夫正在给你讲他去滑雪的故事，你不是很感兴趣， 你开始打瞌睡——你开始睡着了， 因为太无聊了。

That would be an example of " nodding off." Or, you're at a meeting with your boss and someone is giving a presentation and it's not very interesting, you get sleepy and you start to nod off.

这就是“打瞌睡” 的一个例子。或者，你正在和你的老板开会， 有人正在做演讲， 这不是很有趣， 你困了，然后开始打瞌睡。