Word familyadjectivecomatosecomalnouncomatulidcoma
co·ma·tose /ˈkəʊmətəʊs $ ˈkoʊmətoʊs/adjectiveadj
1.technicalUNCONSCIOUS in a coma 昏迷的
2.not moving because of being drunk or very tired 〔因喝醉酒或劳累而〕动也不动的,无法动弹的
Examples from the Corpus
comatose• He is barely alive; his breathing is very slow and shallow, and he is comatose.• Next morning he was found comatose and taken to hospital.• We just sat comatose in front of the TV.• They are using a type of magnetic resonance imaging to demonstrate consciousness in comatose patients.• Since then, there has been a running drug scare, complete with pics of comatose teens and tales of deathbed agonies.