groggy
/ˈɡrɒɡi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡrɑːɡi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgrä-gē/ (ame, mw)
groggy — 形容詞
- groggypositive
- groggiercomparative
- groggiestsuperlative
1. feeling shaky and mentally slow, so that simple actions take effort and your tho
昏沉的；頭昏
睡醒、生病或受擊後頭腦不清、行動遲緩
feeling shaky and mentally slow, so that simple actions take effort and your thoughts come thickly — typically right after waking, after strong medicine, during illness, or after a heavy knock.
Faisal felt groggy for an hour after waking up from his afternoon nap.
Faisal 午睡醒來後，整整一個小時都還昏昏沉沉的。
predicative: feel groggy after [event]
The cold medicine left Nala so groggy that she could barely read her email.
感冒藥讓 Nala 整個人昏沉到連電子郵件都讀不下去。
result construction: [cause] left [person] groggy
After the long flight to Taipei, Dylan stumbled through the airport feeling groggy and confused.
搭完飛往台北的長途航班，Dylan 頭昏腦脹地在機場裡走來走去。
The boxer looked groggy on his feet after taking three hard punches to the head.
那名拳擊手連續挨了三記重拳之後，站在場上看起來頭昏眼花。
Élise woke up groggy and reached for her coffee before saying a word.
Élise 醒來時頭還很昏沉，一句話也沒說就先伸手去拿咖啡。
- dazed
shares the 'unable to think clearly' part; more often after shock or a blow than after sleep
- woozy
informal; emphasises dizziness and a spinning feeling more than mental slowness
- drowsy
focuses on sleepiness; lacks 'groggy''s unsteady, slowed-down quality
- lightheaded
centred on dizziness from low blood sugar or standing up too fast; less about mental fog
- alert
fully awake and quick to react
- clearheaded
thinking clearly with no fog
文法句型
feel groggy
wake up groggy
用法筆記
Frequently predicative with 'feel', 'wake up', or 'leave [someone]'. The cause is usually named or strongly implied (sleep, jet lag, medication, illness, a blow to the head); without a cause, readers may read the word as simply 'tired'.