| 释义 |
som·no·lent
\-lənt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Middle French from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn dream, sleep, Old High German intswebben to put to sleep, Old Norse svefn dream, sleep, Greek hypnos sleep, Sanskrit svapna
1. : tending to induce drowsiness or sleepiness
< the sound had a somnolent effect >
2.
a. : inclined to sleep : heavy with sleep : drowsy, sleepy
< fasting and watching had made him more than usually somnolent — R.H.Barham >
b. : marked by sleepiness, drowsiness, or slowness
< the somnolent river scene >
< a somnolent country village > |