- 1猝睡症（台灣也說發作性嗜睡症。中國大陸較常說發作性睡病。不是普通的「很想睡」。）
Narcolepsy is a medical problem. A person with it can fall asleep all of a sudden in the day, even if they do not want to and even if they slept at night. It is not the same as being lazy, bored, or a bit tired after lunch. The sleep can arrive like a wave they cannot push back — in class, on a bus, in the middle of a sentence. Some people with it also find that a laugh or a shock makes their muscles go soft for a moment, so they sag or fall; that belongs to the same illness for many, not a separate joke about being weak. Doctors treat it; you cannot it away. The name was built to mean a "sleep-seizure" — sleep taking hold of you in a sudden rush.
組成From French narcolepsie. Built as narco- (Greek: put to sleep) + -lepsy (Greek: a seizure, a sudden taking-hold).
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
narcolepsynoun/ˈnɑː(ɹ)kəˌlɛpsi/
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medicinepathologysciencesA disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.
- Excitement-induced narcolepsy caused him to sleep through the most important events of his life.
- “The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon is public outrage. Outrage blocked the Yuccan Dam, ousted Nixon, and in part, terminated the monstrosities in Vietnam. [...]”
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