[ADJ 形容词](受)催眠的 If someone is in a hypnotic state, they have been hypnotized.
[usu ADJ n]
The hypnotic state actually lies somewhere between being awake and being asleep.
催眠状态实际上介乎清醒和睡眠之间。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]引人着迷的;有催眠作用的;使人昏昏欲睡的 Something that is hypnotic holds your attention or makes you feel sleepy, often because it involves repeated sounds, pictures, or movements.
His songs are often both hypnotic and reassuringly pleasant...
他的歌声经常让人在沉醉的同时又感到放松愉悦。
Everyone is familiar with the TV screen's hypnotic power.
大家都很熟悉电视屏幕的吸引力。
Oxford
hyp·not·ic/hɪpˈnɒtɪk; NAmEhɪpˈnɑːtɪk/
adjective
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noun
adjective1making you feel as if you are going to fall asleep, especially because of a regular, repeated noise or movement 有催眠作用的;使人昏昏欲睡的SYN
mesmerizing
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soporific
◆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。2[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3(of a drug 药物)making you sleep 安眠的noun( technical 术语) a drug that makes you sleep; a sleeping pill安眠药hyp·not·ic/hɪpˈnɒtɪk; NAmEhɪpˈnɑːtɪk/
1making you feel tired or unable to pay attention to anything else, especially because of a regularly repeated sound or movement: His voice had a smooth hypnotic effect. the hypnotic beat of the drum2[only before noun] relating to hypnosis: a hypnotic trance—hypnotically /-kli/ adverb
hypnotic1 adjective
hypnotic2 noun
hypnotichypnotic2 noun [countable] technical
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a drug that helps you to sleepSYN sleeping pill
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