narcoleptic
adjective uk/ˌnɑː.kəˈlep.tɪk/ us/ˌnɑːr.kəˈlep.tɪk/
嗜睡症的
suffering from or relating to narcolepsy (= a medical condition that makes you go to sleep suddenly)
Narcoleptic sleep attacks are brief and may occur when the patient is driving, eating, or conversing. 嗜睡症发作的时间很短，患者在开车、吃饭或谈话时都可能发生。
Few narcoleptic syndromes are reported to be associated with a tumour. 据报道一些嗜睡症状群和一种肿瘤有关联。
See: narcolepsy
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- I think I'm borderline narcoleptic: I love sleeping. I sleep when I'm nervous as well.
- Adam starts having narcoleptic fits, waking up in unfamiliar parts of the city.
- She spoke in a narcoleptic trance to the priestesses attending her.
narcoleptic
noun [ C ] uk/ˌnɑː.kəˈlep.tɪk/ us/ˌnɑːr.kəˈlep.tɪk/
嗜睡症患者
a person who suffers from narcolepsy (= a medical condition that makes you go to sleep suddenly)
It's a prescription drug given to narcoleptics. 这是一种给嗜睡症患者开的处方药。
For a narcoleptic, being made to sit still in a warm classroom is torture. 对嗜睡症患者来说，被迫在一个较暖和的教室里坐着不动是一种折磨。
See: narcolepsy
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- None of them had met fellow narcoleptics before, although there are 30,000 in the UK.
- The fall into sleep will be sudden - narcoleptics are often engaged in an activity when they begin to sleep.
- Davison stresses that the drug is intended solely for narcoleptics.