mid-15c., sompnolent, from Old French sompnolent (Modern French somnolent) or directly from Latin somnolentus "sleepy, drowsy," from somnus "sleep" (see Somnus). Respelled 17c. on Latin model.
实用例句
1. The sedative makes people very somnolent.
这种镇静剂会让人瞌睡。来自柯林斯例句
2. a somnolent Sunday afternoon
使人昏昏欲睡的星期天下午来自《权威词典》
3. The noise of the stream had a pleasantly somnolent effect.
小河潺潺的流水声有宜人的催眠效果。来自辞典例句
4. It is a dry, somnolent , empty landscape, hard to unlock, hard to invade.
这是一个干燥, 荒凉 、 催人昏昏欲睡的地方,难以开拓, 也不易征服.来自辞典例句
5. The noise of the stream have a pleasantly somnolent effect.
