drowsy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
    — I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
  2. Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
    — It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
  3. Boring.
    — The narrative throughout holds the reader; it Is not a drowsy book.
  4. Dull; stupid.
    — ... the hoofbeats of the mule made a sound as drowsy as a fly's buzz on a summer afternoon.

词形变化

drowsier comparative drowsiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
drowsihead drowsily drowsiness nondrowsy non-drowsy

词源

From drowse + -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English drūsian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).
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