Denotes a state of drowsiness; can behave as countable or uncountable.
Traducciones
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
Elle était dans un demi-sommeil, consciente des oiseaux mais incapable d’ouvrir les yeux.
somnolenceEmployé pour insister sur l’état de drowsiness entre veille et sommeil. Definiciones
A state of drowsiness or semi-consciousness between waking and sleeping. She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
Intransitive verb meaning ‘to sleep lightly or in a semi-conscious state’.
Traducciones
He half-slept through most of the flight.
Il a somnolé pendant la majeure partie du vol.
Definiciones
To sleep lightly; to doze in a semi-conscious state. He half-slept through most of the flight.
Attributive use describing a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
Traducciones
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.
Dans une torpeur somnolente, il a marmonné une réponse.
Definiciones
Relating to or characteristic of a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep. In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.