drowsy

英 ['draʊzɪ]美 ['draʊzi]
  • adj. 昏昏欲睡的；沉寂的；催眠的
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助记提示

1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".
2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".
3. 由此推出同源词：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. 谐音“桌睡、装睡、抓睡”----趴在桌子上睡觉。

中文词源

drowsy 打盹

来自PIE*dhreu, 滴，掉落，词源同drop, dreary. 引申义耷拉着头，打盹。

英文词源

drowsy
drowsy: [15] The etymological notion underlying drowsy seems to be of heaviness, with eyelids falling and the head nodding over the chest. The word probably comes from a Germanic base *drūs-, which also produced drūsian, an Old English verb meaning ‘be slow and sleepy’ which did not survive into the Middle English period (modern English drowse [16] is a back-formation from drowsy). A variant of this base is the possible source of English dreary and drizzle.
=> dream, drizzle
drowsy (adj.)
1520s, probably ultimately from Old English drusan, drusian "sink," also "become languid, slow, or inactive" (related to dreosan "to fall"), from Proto-Germanic *drus- (see dreary). But there is no record of it in Middle English. Related: Drowsily; drowsiness.

双语例句

1. He had been feeling drowsy, the effect of an unusually heavy meal.
他一直感到昏昏沉沉的，这是吃了一顿超级大餐的结果。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I felt dopey and drowsy after the operation.
手术后我感到迷迷糊糊，昏昏欲睡。
来自《权威词典》
3. The tablets may make you feel drowsy.
这药片可能会使你昏昏欲睡。
来自《权威词典》
4. Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.
废气把他熏得昏昏沉沉,还引起了头疼.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. It was a warm, quiet, drowsy afternoon.
那是一个暖和 、 寂静而令人昏昏欲睡的下午.
来自《简明英汉词典》