comatoseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/, /ˈkɑm.əˌtoʊs/

形容詞

comatose (comparative more comatose, superlative most comatose)

1. In a coma: unconscious.

   the patient was comatose for 2 weeks before finally passing away.

2. (informal) Drowsy or lethargic.
   • 1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-proofing your children-- so that they never become diet-addicted adults., page 24:

     Weary of big Sunday dinners that leave you feeling comatose (かつ result in your having to spend Sunday evening scrubbing the kitchen)?

   • 2009, Joel Schnoor, I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth's Head, page 180:

     The thought of food snapped her out of her comatose demeanor.

   • 2009, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Nice Girls Can Finish First, page xi:

     I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled.

   • 2015, Delilah S. Dawson, Servants of the Storm, page 14:

     But most of all I'm sick of feeling comatose, like I'm walking through a fog.

3. (informal) Fast asleep.

   She was lying comatose on the sofa.

派生語

• comatose sleep
• comatose fever

関連する語

• coma

参考

• braindead
• vegetative

動詞

comatose (三人称単数 現在形 comatoses, 現在分詞 comatosing, 過去形および過去分詞形 comatosed)

1. (rare, colloquial, nonstandard) To make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma.
   • 1998 February 8, rob, “Death Penalty”, in nz.general, Usenet‎^[1]:

     killing everybody is a stupid idea, and comatosing everybody is equally so.

   • 2006 July 26, Mike Hunt, “Ranking. Nice.”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool, Usenet‎^[2]:

     [Liverpool is] #1 in the league for murdering and comatosing fans of othe rclubs.

   • 2019 April 28, John Finnan, Mustang Bally, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68:

     Then slipping on my silky dernier and tights, g-strings sculpted my voluptuous cheeks, brassiere comatosing my wobbly knockers.

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