soporific

• n. 催眠劑；安眠藥
• adj. 催眠的；想睡的

sopor,睡覺(jué)，昏睡，-fic,做，使，詞源同 fact,efficient.引申詞義催眠的。

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").

1. the soporific effect of the sun

太陽(yáng)讓人昏昏欲睡的作用

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. I dozed off during the soporific music.

我聽(tīng)到這催人入睡的音樂(lè),便不知不覺(jué)打起盹兒來(lái)了.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The warmth of the room and the monotony of the speaker's voice grew soporific.

房間里的熱氣和發(fā)言人單調(diào)的聲音讓人昏昏欲睡。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. After trudging for some distance, his slow steady steps acted as a soporific.

及至走出來(lái)一些路,腳步是那么平勻, 緩慢,他漸漸的仿佛困倦起來(lái).

來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子

5. I often have to take soporific before I go to bed.

我常在睡前不得不服安眠藥.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)