| 单词 | somnambulist |
| 释义 | somnambulist (once / 13906 pages) n If you ever find yourself standing in the backyard in your pajamas at 4:00 in the morning and wondering how you got there, you may be a somnambulist — someone who walks in her sleep. In Roman mythology, Somnus was the god of sleep; the Greeks called him Hypnos. His mother was Night (Nix) and his brother was Death (Thanatos). He lived in a dark cave and presumably never had to get up in time for school. WORD FAMILYsomnambulist: somnambulists+/somnambulism: somnambulisms, somnambulist USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s a lot of somnambulists around, sleepwalkers controlled by society. New York Times(Aug 14, 2016) Behind his somnambulist eyes was a player clawing for his competitive life. Washington Post(Aug 16, 2015) She sang, I wrote then, “with creamy strength and authority. Lively even when asked to walk like a somnambulist, she sounded plummy and penetrating.” New York Times(Jul 08, 2015) n someone who walks about in their sleep Syn|Hyper noctambulist, sleepwalker sleeper, slumberer a rester who is sleeping |
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