
英:/'ˈsɒmnələnt/ 美:/'ˈsɑːmnələnt/
催眠的
GRE,SAT
adj. 催眠的,想睡的
The sedative makes people very somnolent.
镇静剂让人非常瞌睡
The sedative makes people very somnolent.
镇定药让人昏昏欲睡。
In her ears was the voice of the stream—a hoarse-throated, sleepy old giant, muttering and mumbling his somnolent fancies.
她听到溪水的声音——扯着沙哑的喉咙,昏昏欲睡的老巨人,在轻声低语,含混不清地说着他那使人困倦的幻想。
When they had passed the little town of Stourcastle, dumbly somnolent under its thick brown thatch, they reached higher ground.
他们走过斯图尔堡小镇的时候,小镇内覆盖着褐色厚茅草的茅屋还在静静地沉睡着,他们走到了一块更高的地方。
In the center of town were the cafes - huge, dreary halls where the somnolent merchants of Dijon gathered to play CARDS and listen to the music.
城市中有几家咖啡馆,都是又大又凄凉的大厅,第戎昏昏欲睡的商人们聚集在这儿玩牌、听音乐。
But because I have been asked several times to speak more slowly, I must lean into the microphone and say, in the voice of a somnolent robot, My engine room is explosion.
然而,因为几次被人要求放慢语速,我必须凑近麦克风,用让人昏昏欲睡的机器人声音说,“我的机房是爆炸。”
adj.|hypnogenetic/soporiferous;催眠的,想睡的
somnolent 是一个形容词,主要有以下两层含义:
字面含义:困倦的,嗜睡的
指生理上感到非常困倦、昏昏欲睡的状态,接近睡眠或半睡半醒。这种困倦感可能是自然的(如午后倦怠),也可能是由疾病、药物或疲劳引起的。例如:The heavy meal and warm room made him feel deeply somnolent.(丰盛的一餐和温暖的房间让他感到极度困倦。)
引申含义:使人昏昏欲睡的;沉闷的,缺乏活力的
描述事物(如环境、气氛、活动或声音)本身具有催眠、令人打瞌睡的特质,或者形容某个地方或时期缺乏生气、死气沉沉。例如:The somnolent pace of life in the small village was a stark contrast to the city.(小村庄里那令人昏昏欲睡的生活节奏与城市形成鲜明对比。)
词源:
该词源自拉丁语 somnolentus,由 somnus(睡眠)和后缀 -olentus(表示充满…的)构成,字面意思即“充满睡眠的”。
权威来源参考:
关于 “somnolent” 的详细定义和用法,可参考权威英语词典,例如:
以下是关于单词somnolent 的详细解释,综合了多个权威来源的信息:
somnolent(形容词)主要有以下含义:
困倦的、昏昏欲睡的
描述人或动物处于半睡半醒的状态。例如:
催眠的、使人瞌睡的
形容事物具有令人困倦的特性。例如:
如需更多例句或完整词源演变,可参考新东方在线词典或柯林斯词典。
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