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somniferous

/som-nif-er-uhs, suhm-/US // sɒmˈnɪf ər əs, səm- //UK // (sɒmˈnɪfərəs) //

有头有脸的,有头有尾,瘤状的,有头有脸

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.sleepy
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Examples

  • I did not find the jolting of the cart at all disagreeable; on the contrary, it had quite a somniferous effect upon me.

  • This yelp, sounding above the somniferous monotone of grumbling, stirred Cap'n Sproul from his dozing.

  • They were aware of the somniferous properties of the sap, and Dioscorides2005 mentions the variety with white seeds.

  • It was of a remarkably somniferous character,—the cunning Le Duc had evidently some object in playing thus.

  • Night otherwise fallen dark and somniferous to modern mankind.