Tra từ conscious - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also ILLNESS
- if you are awake and are able to see, hear and feel things, you are conscious; the state of being conscious: consciousness (noun U)
She was badly injured but still conscious.
- not conscious, in a state like sleep because of illness or an accident: unconscious, senseless; noun (U): unconsciousness
She remained unconscious for three days after the accident. ◎ He lay senseless on the floor.
- if you feel that you may become unconscious, you feel* faint
I'm feeling a bit faint; I think I'll sit down for a minute.
- to become unconscious: lose* consciousness
- to lose consciousness suddenly: faint, pass out, black out
Several soldiers fainted in the heat. ◎ I don't know what happened next - I must have passed out.
- an occasion when sb loses consciousness: faint, blackout
He fell down in a faint. ◎ The accident was caused by the driver having a blackout.
- a kind of deep unconsciousness which is the result of illness or injury: coma
to be in a coma
- to make a person unconscious by hitting them or by using a drug: knock sb out
He knocked him out with a sudden punch to the jaw. ◎ This drug can knock you out in seconds.
- a drug that is used to make a person unconscious and stop them from feeling pain: (general) anaesthetic (AmE anesthetic)
The anaesthetic took a long time to wear off.
- to make a person unconscious before an operation in a hospital: anaesthetize (AmE anesthetize) sb
- to become conscious again after being unconscious for a time: regain/recover consciousness, come* round
She began to come round when her mother started speaking to her.
- to make a person become conscious again: bring* sb round, revive sb
They brought me round by splashing cold water on my face.
※ knowing what is happening
- if you have a full knowledge of what is happening, you are aware of sth; opposite: unaware of sth
- if you have a full knowledge of what you are doing, your action is a conscious one, you do it consciously
a conscious decision
- if you do sth without a full knowledge of what you are doing, your action is an unconscious one, you do it unconsciouslysubconsciously
an unconscious reaction
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- a state of unconsciousness that is like deep sleep, where a person's actions may be controlled by another person: hypnosis (noun U); using hypnosis: hypnotism (noun U); a person who uses hypnosis on other people: hypnotist; to use hypnosis on another person: hypnotize sb
to be under hypnosis
- something that produces hypnosis or a similar condition is hypnotic
His voice had a hypnotic effect that made me feel very sleepy.