drowsy

/ˈdraʊzi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdraʊzi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdrau̇-zē/ (ame, mw)

drowsy — adjective

  • drowsypositive
  • drowsiercomparative
  • drowsiestsuperlative

1. feeling that you almost cannot keep your eyes open and want to fall asleep, ofte

1.形容詞B2
釋義

feeling that you almost cannot keep your eyes open and want to fall asleep, often because you are tired, bored, or warm.

例句

After lunch Kenji felt so drowsy that he nearly fell asleep at his desk.

feel drowsy + reason clause

The warm fire and quiet music made Antonia drowsy within minutes.

make + object + drowsy

同義詞
  • sleepy

    more common in everyday speech; drowsy sounds slightly more formal or medical

  • groggy

    stresses feeling unsteady and slow-witted, usually after waking up or taking medicine

  • dozy

    informal, mostly British; suggests slow and half-asleep

反義詞
  • alert

    fully awake and able to pay close attention

  • wide awake

    completely awake, often unable to sleep

文法句型

feel drowsy

make someone drowsy

用法筆記

Frequently used in the structures 'feel/look/grow drowsy' and 'make someone drowsy'. Subject is usually a person or an animal — not an event or object.

常見錯誤

❌The afternoon was drowsy and I could not work.
✅I felt drowsy in the afternoon and could not work.
💡a time period is not 'drowsy'; the person feeling sleepy is.

2. describing something — such as heat, medicine, or a quiet atmosphere — that has

2.形容詞C1
釋義

describing something — such as heat, medicine, or a quiet atmosphere — that has the power to make a person want to fall asleep.

例句

This cough medicine has a drowsy effect, so Élise stopped driving after taking it.

drowsy + effect (noun collocation)

A drowsy heat hung over the village square all through August.

attributive: drowsy + noun describing atmosphere

同義詞
  • soporific

    formal and slightly literary; same idea of inducing sleep

  • sleep-inducing

    neutral and explicit; often used on medical labels

反義詞
  • stimulating

    having the opposite effect — making the mind active

文法句型

a drowsy + noun (effect / feeling / heat)

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun (attributive), and the noun names a cause: 'a drowsy effect', 'a drowsy heat', 'drowsy fumes'. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 describes the sleepy person; sense 2 describes the thing making them sleepy.

常見錯誤

❌The pill was drowsy.
✅The pill had a drowsy effect.' / 'The pill made me drowsy.
💡sense 2 normally sits before a noun, not after 'be'.