almost asleep 瞌睡的；困倦的；睡意蒙眬的 a somnolent cat 打瞌睡的猫 - (figurative)
a somnolent town 安谧的小城
making you feel tired 催眠的；使人昏昏欲睡的 a somnolent Sunday afternoon 使人昏昏欲睡的星期天下午
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘causing sleepiness’): from Old French sompnolent or Latin somnolentus, from somnus ‘sleep’.