Hypnotic



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解释

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• adj. 催眠的 n. 催眠药
• ［类］ 反义词: conscious ( 有意识的) ; stimulant ( 刺激物)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: French or Late Latin; French hypnotique, from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Greek hypnōtikos, from hypnoun to put to sleep, from hypnos
• Date: 1625
• 1. tending to produce sleep ; soporific
• 2.
  • a. of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism
  • b. readily holding the attention <a hypnotic personality><a simple hypnotic beat>
• ? hypnotically adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1681
• 1. a sleep-inducing agent ; soporific
• 2. one that is or can be hypnotized

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