单词
soporific
英 [,s?p?'r?f?k]
美[,sɑp?'r?f?k]
基本信息
- n. 催眠剂；安眠药
- adj. 催眠的；想睡的
GRE畅通词汇
中文词源
soporific 催眠的
sopor,睡觉，昏睡，-fic,做，使，词源同 fact,efficient.引申词义催眠的。
英文词源
- soporific (adj.)
- "tending to produce sleep," 1680s, from French soporifique (17c.), formed in French from Latin sopor (genitive soporis) "deep sleep" (see sopor). As a noun from 1722. Earlier as an adjective was soporiferous (1580s as "characterized by excessive sleep," c. 1600 as "soporific").
双语例句
- 1. the soporific effect of the sun
- 太阳让人昏昏欲睡的作用
来自《权威词典》
- 2. I dozed off during the soporific music.
- 我听到这催人入睡的音乐,便不知不觉打起盹儿来了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The warmth of the room and the monotony of the speaker's voice grew soporific.
- 房间里的热气和发言人单调的声音让人昏昏欲睡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. After trudging for some distance, his slow steady steps acted as a soporific.
- 及至走出来一些路,脚步是那么平匀, 缓慢,他渐渐的仿佛困倦起来.
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- 5. I often have to take soporific before I go to bed.
- 我常在睡前不得不服安眠药.
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