somnolent
美音:
[´sɔmnələnt
]英音:
[´sɔmnələnt
]adj.想睡的,催眠的
难易程度:
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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