Prolonged drowsiness among night-shift workers has been linked to reduced reaction times and increased workplace accidents.
夜班工人长期的困倦与反应时间缩短和工作场所事故增加有关。
A civil engineer claims that adding rumble strips along a rural highway's shoulder reduced the number of run-off-road accidents specifically caused by driver drowsiness.
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Which choice best defines “drowsiness”?
C — A state of feeling sleepy. “drowsiness” means a state of feeling sleepy.
Which word means “a state of feeling sleepy”?
B — drowsiness. “drowsiness” means a state of feeling sleepy.
drowsiness — a state of feeling sleepy. In Chinese: 困倦.
drowsiness is pronounced /ˈdraʊzɪnəs/.
Prolonged drowsiness among night-shift workers has been linked to reduced reaction times and increased workplace accidents. (夜班工人长期的困倦与反应时间缩短和工作场所事故增加有关。)
sleepiness, lethargy, somnolence — all close in meaning to drowsiness (a state of feeling sleepy).
alertness, wakefulness — each the opposite of drowsiness (a state of feeling sleepy).
Yes. drowsiness is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.