| 单词 | soporific |
| 释义 | soporific (once / 14592 pages) adjn Something that is soporific is sleep-inducing. Certain medicines, but also extreme coziness, can have a soporific effect. In the 1680’s, soporific, which doubles as both adjective and noun, was formed from the French soporifique. That word, in turn, came from the Latin sopor “deep sleep.” Beloved Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter once noted that, “It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'." WORD FAMILYsoporific: soporifically, soporifics USAGE EXAMPLESExposure to sunlight prevents the brain from producing melatonin and other natural soporifics. Science Magazine(Nov 23, 2016) Over the weekend I heard a commentator on the usually soporific NPR news advise listeners to stock up on bottled water. The Guardian(Nov 03, 2016) But these “Tordre” solos are on the cusp of the soporific. New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) 1adj sleep inducing Syn hypnagogic, hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous depressant capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent 2adj inducing mental lethargy Syn narcotic, soporiferous uninteresting arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement 3n a drug that induces sleep Syn|Hypo|Hyper hypnotic narcoleptic a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tableta soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) drug a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic hypnagoguean agent that induces drowsiness or sleep |
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