| 单词 | hypnagogic |
| 释义 | hypnagogic (once / 369354 pages) adj Something that is hypnagogic makes you sleepy. If you often fall asleep in movie theaters, you can say that movies put you in a hypnagogic, or drowsy, state. The Greek word hypnos means "sleep," and when it's added to agogos, "leading," it makes hypnagogic, "leading to sleep." You can use the adjective hypnagogic to describe something that makes you yawn or feel sleepy. Hypnagogic is also a psychological term for the moments just before you fall asleep; it's a period that's commonly full of dream imagery. WORD FAMILYhypnagogic USAGE EXAMPLESDo hypnagogic visions convey truths of some sort? New York Times(Sep 03, 2015) He took a hypnagogic slant on his breakthrough record, “A Love Surreal,” which he said was inspired by Salvador Dalí. New York Times(Jun 25, 2015) A similarly star-studded drooled over the "deliciously hypnagogic miasma of softly whispered vocals, pummelling looped grooves and Shields' trademark 'glide guitar'". BBC(Sep 14, 2013) adj sleep inducing Syn hypnogogic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, soporific depressant capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
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