drowsy

adjective
🔊/ˈdraʊzi/
🔊/ˈdraʊzi/
(comparative drowsier, superlative drowsiest)
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  1. tired and wanting to sleep 困倦的;昏昏欲睡的synonym sleepy
    • The tablets may make you feel drowsy.这些药片可能会使你昏昏欲睡。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She was drowsy with the wine.她酒昏昏欲睡。
    • patients who are drowsy from the effects of their medication因药物治疗而昏昏欲睡的患者
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  2. making you feel relaxed and tired使人松弛的;令人疲乏的;使人困倦的
    • She lay in the sun all through the long, drowsy afternoon.整个悠长、慵懒的下午她都躺着晒太阳。
  3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: probably from the stem of Old English drūsian ‘be languid or slow’, of Germanic origin; related to dreary.