hypnotic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/    /hɪpˈnɑ.tɪk/|[hɪp̚ˈnɑ.ɾɪk̚]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
  2. A soporific substance.
    — "He's had a strong hypnotic administered to him," said the doctor. "He'll wake perfectly all right in the morning.[…]"
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
  2. Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
    — Phyllis St. James' hypnotic "Mystic Stranger" always blows my mind and you'll find it included in this brilliant set by the sadly underrated Ms Haywood as well as the stunning ballad "Someone".
  3. Inducing sleep; soporific.
  4. Dormant. obsolete
    — hypnotic seeds

词形变化

more hypnotic comparative most hypnotic superlative hypnotick alternative,obsolete hypnotics plural hypnotick alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).
词源 2
From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).
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