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be/feel drowsy
drowsy 作表语，描述主语的状态。
After taking the medicine, she felt drowsy.
服药后，她感到昏昏欲睡。
昏昏欲睡的；困倦的；瞌睡的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
昏昏欲睡的；困倦的；瞌睡的
half asleep
After taking the medicine, she felt drowsy.
服药后，她感到昏昏欲睡。
想打瞌睡的；昏昏欲睡的
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
半睡半醒的
half asleep
使人入睡或感到困倦的；催眠的；令人昏昏欲睡的
Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
表现出缺乏注意力或无聊的
showing lack of attention or boredom
The warm room and the soft music made me feel drowsy.
温暖的房间和轻柔的音乐让我感到昏昏欲睡。
AI contextual example
If you feel drowsy while driving, you should stop and rest.
如果你开车时感到困倦，应该停下来休息。
AI contextual example
After taking the medicine, she became drowsy and fell asleep on the sofa.
服药后，她变得昏昏欲睡，在沙发上睡着了。
AI contextual example
made drowsy by the long ride
长途乘车让人昏昏欲睡。
WordNet
drowsy 作表语，描述主语的状态。
After taking the medicine, she felt drowsy.
服药后，她感到昏昏欲睡。
表示“使某人困倦”，宾语后接形容词作补语。
The warm room and soft music made me drowsy.
温暖的房间和轻柔的音乐让我昏昏欲睡。
drowsy 可放在名词前作定语，如 drowsy driver。
Drowsy drivers are more likely to crash.
昏昏欲睡的司机更容易出车祸。
Not this
I drowsy in class.
Use this
I am drowsy in class.
汉语可以说“我昏昏欲睡”，但英语中形容词不能单独作谓语，必须与be动词搭配。
Not this
I drowsied after lunch.
Use this
I felt drowsy after lunch.
drowsy是形容词，不是动词，不能直接用作谓语；表示“感到困倦”要用feel加形容词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
感到昏昏欲睡
I always feel drowsy after taking this medicine.
我服用这种药后总是感到昏昏欲睡。
变得困倦
If you get drowsy while driving, stop for a break.
如果你开车时变得困倦，就停下来休息一下。
使某人犯困
The warm bedroom made me drowsy.
温暖的卧室让我犯困。
疲劳驾驶
Drowsy driving can be just as dangerous as drunk driving.
疲劳驾驶可能和酒驾一样危险。
困倦状态
He was in a drowsy state and couldn't focus on the lecture.
他处于困倦状态，无法集中注意力听讲。
我的心在痛，一种昏昏欲睡的麻木刺痛我的感官，仿佛我喝下了毒芹汁。
This line is from John Keats's 1819 poem 'Ode to a Nightingale'. The speaker feels so overwhelmed by the nightingale's song that he becomes drowsy and numb, as if under the influence of a drug.
这句诗出自约翰·济慈1819年的诗作《夜莺颂》。诗人被夜莺的歌声深深打动，感到昏昏欲睡、麻木，仿佛服了药一般。
Use drowsy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“眼皮下垂”（droop）：drowsy 以 drow 开头，看到它就像看到眼皮重重垂落，昏昏欲睡。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常场景、医药品说明、驾驶安全提醒 drowsy 是比较中性的正式用词，通常用于书面或较为正式的口语场景，如医疗说明、药品副作用提示或驾驶安全提醒。日常口语中更常说 sleepy，但 drowsy 也不算生僻。
drowsy ends in /aʊzi/. True rhymes: lousy and frowzy. Lookalikes dozy, cosy and nosy end in /oʊzi/ and do not rhyme.
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