drowsy

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

drowsy — 形容詞

  • 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

昏昏欲睡

幾乎張不開眼、快要睡著的狀態

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.

午餐過後，Kenji 昏昏欲睡，差點趴在桌上睡著。

feel drowsy + reason clause

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

暖暖的爐火和輕柔的音樂讓 Antonia 沒幾分鐘就想睡了。

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

令人想睡的

會讓人昏昏欲睡的（事物或環境）

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.

這款止咳藥會令人想睡，所以 Élise 服用後就不再開車。

drowsy + effect (noun collocation)

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

整個八月，村莊的廣場上都籠罩著一股令人想睡的熱氣。

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'.