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单词 somnolent
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 >
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