单词	somnolence
释义	somnolentsom‧no‧lent /ˈsɒmnələnt $ ˈsɑːm-/ adjective literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINsomnolent Origin: 1400-1500 Old French, Latin somnolentus, from somnus ‘sleep’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a slow, somnolent folk song EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Her somnolent black eyes and tenderly pursed pink lips intrude upon the eggshell delicacy of her face with the most delicate affection. His somnolent reaction was to twist half around-exposing his left ankle and leg. His unquiet personality could not outface the somnolent arrogance of the greatest city in the world. Like his compatriot Nelson Piquet, Emerson in the cockpit is a somnolent cat. Sometimes the tunes are ethereal and somnolent like Brian Eno after a whole bottle of Actifed. The picnic lunch which had been eaten immediately on arrival had rendered some of the elders somnolent. The port lay somnolent, the shops were shut. 1almost starting to sleep SYN  sleepy:  He lay quiet, somnolent after the day’s exertions.2making you want to sleep SYN  soporific:  a somnolent summer’s afternoon—somnolence noun [uncountable]
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