narcoleptic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to or affected by narcolepsy.
    — Miranda, who is narcoleptic and forgot to take her medication, was out cold for nearly 40 minutes after the plucky little girl called 911.
  2. Lacking activity; drowsy, lethargic. figuratively
    — A tour guide, who claimed to have been a former Israeli colonel, whisked us about while he discoursed on chickpeas, the Six-Day War and, for the Christians among us, Jesus' difficult end. But the trip was pleasant in a narcoleptic, summery kind of way.
  3. Tending to "put someone to sleep"; extremely boring or tedious. figuratively
    — The debate started at 11.30am, nudging out of port with a characteristically narcoleptic speech from Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con).

词形变化

narcoleptics plural more narcoleptic comparative most narcoleptic superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
narcoleptically

词源

词源 1
From narco- (“pertaining to sleep”) + -leptic (“of or relating to a condition of seizing”).
词源 2
From narco- (“pertaining to sleep”) + -leptic (“of or relating to a condition of seizing”).
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