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somnolent

美音:[´sɔmnələnt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.想睡的,催眠的

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somnolent为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:somnolently

词根

somn=sleep(睡眠)

somnolent


/'sɒmnələnt; `sɑmnələnt/
adj (fml 文)
1 almost asleep; sleepy; drowsy 瞌睡的; 困的; 昏昏欲睡的
*feeling rather somnolent after a large lunch 中午饱餐一顿後有些困.
2 causing or suggesting sleep 使人瞌睡的; 催眠的
*The noise of the stream had a pleasantly somnolent effect. 小河潺潺的流水声有宜人的催眠效果.

somnolent


adj literary
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin somnolentus, from somnus 'sleep']
almost starting to sleep
 He lay quiet, somnolent after the day's exertions.
making you want to sleep
 a somnolent summer's afternoon
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