| 单词 | hypnotic |
| 释义 | hypnotic (once / 3602 pages) adjn Hypnotic things either relate to hypnosis — putting people under spells — or anything that is mesmerizing or spellbinding. You know how hypnotists put people under spells and then make them quack like a duck, or do something equally silly? Hypnotic things relate to hypnosis — like a hypnotist's calm, entrancing, hypnotic voice — or other things that tend to grab people's attention in a similar way. The voice of a powerful public speaker could be described as hypnotic. Great music that you can’t turn off could also be considered hypnotic. Anything hypnotic has a powerful hold on your attention. WORD FAMILYhypnotic: hypnotically, hypnotics+/hypnosis: hypnoses, hypnotic, hypnotise, hypnotize, self-hypnosis/hypnotise: hypnotised, hypnotiser, hypnotises, hypnotising/hypnotiser: hypnotisers/hypnotism: hypnotisms, hypnotist/hypnotist: hypnotists/hypnotize: hypnotism, hypnotized, hypnotizer, hypnotizes, hypnotizing/hypnotizer: hypnotizers USAGE EXAMPLESThere are signs warning visitors not to use the spa while under the influence of hypnotics. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) And he’s probably well aware of Animal Collective; he exults in percussive, hypnotic consonance. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Antidepressants were the most common prescription, followed by anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics, and antipsychotics. Time(Dec 12, 2016) 1adj of or relating to hypnosis 2adj attracting and holding interest as if by a spell read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice Syn mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm 3n a drug that induces sleep Syn|Hypo|Hyper soporific narcoleptic a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tableta soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) drug a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic hypnagoguean agent that induces drowsiness or sleep |
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