hypnotic
adjective /hɪpˈnɒtɪk/
/hɪpˈnɑːtɪk/
- making you feel as if you are going to fall asleep, especially because of a regular, repeated noise or movement
synonym mesmerizing, soporific有催眠作用的;使人昏昏欲睡的 - hypnotic music
引人昏昏欲睡的音乐 - His voice had an almost hypnotic effect.
他的声音有一种近乎催眠的作用。
- hypnotic music
- [only before noun] connected with or produced by hypnosis
催眠状态的;催眠状态引起的 - a hypnotic trance/state
催眠迷睡/状态
- a hypnotic trance/state
- (of a drug
) making you sleep药物 安眠的
词源early 17th cent.: from French hypnotique, via late Latin from Greek hupnōtikos ‘causing sleep’, from hupnoun ‘put to sleep’, from hupnos ‘sleep’.