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somnolent

/som-nuh-luhnt/US // ˈsɒm nə lənt //UK // (ˈsɒmnələnt) //

昏睡,昏昏沉沉,昏昏欲睡,昏睡的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sleepy; drowsy.
    • : tending to cause sleep.

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Examples

  • Swinton avoids wheat because of its somnolent effects on her: “I was sort of falling asleep for the filming,” she says.

  • Another personality looked out from the deep-set, somnolent, gray eyes; a personality resolute, forceful and quietly alert.

  • With the coming of midwinter a somnolent period seemed also to occur in Hollister's affairs.

  • As though somnolent, they did not stir unless excited by my teasing them with a bit of straw.

  • Down from the castle walls slopes the town, its happy, unprogressive people as somnolent as of yore.

  • Clym stepped before her into the passage, and Eustacia waited, her somnolent manner covering her inner heat and agitation.

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