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单词 stertorous
释义

Definition of stertorous in English:

stertorous

adjective ˈstəːt(ə)rəsˈstərdərəs
  • (of breathing) noisy and laboured.

    the breathing was becoming less stertorous
    a stertorous sigh
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stertorous breathing may occur after epileptic convulsions, but does not typically occur after psychogenic non-epileptic convulsions.
    • A 28 month old girl was referred with a 16 month history of failure to thrive, snoring, stertorous breathing, and, latterly, life threatening respiratory obstruction.
    • During one such conversation his last words were ‘there are just two other things…’ followed by unresponding, stertorous breathing.

Derivatives

  • stertorously

  • adverb
    • Then it's the middle of the night, I'm in a hospital room, somebody is breathing stertorously in the next bed behind a curtain, my brain feels like a horsehair sofa and my mouth tastes like I've eaten one.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lucy was breathing somewhat stertorously, and her face was at its worst, for the open mouth showed the pale gums.
      • He breathed stertorously, and in his throat were the queer little gasping noises of one overwrought.
      • The old gentleman, who was comfortably and perhaps even stertorously asleep in the corner, is now in the centre engaged in conversation with the young lieutenant.
      • When he returned at half-past eleven o'clock, he found his rooms full of a strong odour of laudanum; his wife was breathing stertorously and lying unconscious on the bed.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin stertor 'snoring sound' (from Latin stertere 'to snore') + -ous.

 
 

Definition of stertorous in US English:

stertorous

adjectiveˈstərdərəsˈstərdərəs
  • (of breathing) noisy and labored.

    the breathing was becoming less stertorous
    a stertorous sigh
    Example sentencesExamples
    • During one such conversation his last words were ‘there are just two other things…’ followed by unresponding, stertorous breathing.
    • A 28 month old girl was referred with a 16 month history of failure to thrive, snoring, stertorous breathing, and, latterly, life threatening respiratory obstruction.
    • Stertorous breathing may occur after epileptic convulsions, but does not typically occur after psychogenic non-epileptic convulsions.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin stertor ‘snoring sound’ (from Latin stertere ‘to snore’) + -ous.

 
 
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