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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

Related Words

asleep睡觉,睡眠,睡着了,睡觉的时候drowsy昏昏欲睡,昏昏欲睡的,瞌睡,昏昏欲睡的人listless没精打采的,没精打采,怅然若失,没精打彩sleeping睡觉,睡眠,睡觉时,睡觉的时候soporific麻醉剂,催眠剂,催眠,麻醉药tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦dozy瞌睡虫,瞌睡,瞌睡的,瞌睡的人nodding off打瞌睡,点头,打盹儿,打瞌睡了out of it从中,从中获得,从中获利,从中获取snoozy头晕目眩,头晕脑胀,头晕眼花,头晕

Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.sleepy
Synonyms
asleep睡觉,睡眠,睡着了,睡觉的时候dozy瞌睡虫,瞌睡,瞌睡的,瞌睡的人drowsy昏昏欲睡,昏昏欲睡的,瞌睡,昏昏欲睡的人listless没精打采的,没精打采,怅然若失,没精打彩nodding off打瞌睡,点头,打盹儿,打瞌睡了out of it从中,从中获得,从中获利,从中获取sleeping睡觉,睡眠,睡觉时,睡觉的时候snoozy头晕目眩,头晕脑胀,头晕眼花,头晕soporific麻醉剂,催眠剂,催眠,麻醉药tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦

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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