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hypnotic

adjective
🔊/hɪpˈnɒtɪk/
🔊/hɪpˈnɑːtɪk/
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  1. making you feel as if you are going to fall asleep, especially because of a regular, repeated noise or movement有催眠作用的；使人昏昏欲睡的 synonym mesmerizing, soporific
    • hypnotic music引人昏昏欲睡的音乐
    • His voice had an almost hypnotic effect.他的声音有一种近乎催眠的作用。🔊🔊
  2. [only before noun] connected with or produced by hypnosis催眠状态的；催眠状态引起的
    • a hypnotic trance/state催眠迷睡／状态
  3. (of a drug药物) making you sleep安眠的
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French hypnotique, via late Latin from Greek hupnōtikos ‘causing sleep’, from hupnoun ‘put to sleep’, from hupnos ‘sleep’.

hypnotic

noun
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  1. a drug that makes you sleep; a sleeping pill催眠药
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French hypnotique, via late Latin from Greek hupnōtikos ‘causing sleep’, from hupnoun ‘put to sleep’, from hupnos ‘sleep’.