Definition of stertorous in English:

stertorous

adjective ˈstəːt(ə)rəsˈstərdərəs

(of breathing) noisy and laboured.
打鼾的，打呼噜的
the breathing was becoming less stertorous
a stertorous sigh
Example sentencesExamples
- Stertorous breathing may occur after epileptic convulsions, but does not typically occur after psychogenic non-epileptic convulsions.
- A 28 month old girl was referred with a 16 month history of failure to thrive, snoring, stertorous breathing, and, latterly, life threatening respiratory obstruction.
- During one such conversation his last words were ‘there are just two other things…’ followed by unresponding, stertorous breathing.

Derivatives

stertorously

adverb

Then it's the middle of the night, I'm in a hospital room, somebody is breathing stertorously in the next bed behind a curtain, my brain feels like a horsehair sofa and my mouth tastes like I've eaten one.
Example sentencesExamples
- Lucy was breathing somewhat stertorously, and her face was at its worst, for the open mouth showed the pale gums.
- He breathed stertorously, and in his throat were the queer little gasping noises of one overwrought.
- The old gentleman, who was comfortably and perhaps even stertorously asleep in the corner, is now in the centre engaged in conversation with the young lieutenant.
- When he returned at half-past eleven o'clock, he found his rooms full of a strong odour of laudanum; his wife was breathing stertorously and lying unconscious on the bed.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin stertor 'snoring sound' (from Latin stertere 'to snore') + -ous.

Definition of stertorous in US English:

stertorous

adjectiveˈstərdərəsˈstərdərəs

(of breathing) noisy and labored.
打鼾的，打呼噜的
the breathing was becoming less stertorous
a stertorous sigh
Example sentencesExamples
- During one such conversation his last words were ‘there are just two other things…’ followed by unresponding, stertorous breathing.
- A 28 month old girl was referred with a 16 month history of failure to thrive, snoring, stertorous breathing, and, latterly, life threatening respiratory obstruction.
- Stertorous breathing may occur after epileptic convulsions, but does not typically occur after psychogenic non-epileptic convulsions.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin stertor ‘snoring sound’ (from Latin stertere ‘to snore’) + -ous.

词汇	stertorous
释义	Definition of stertorous in English: stertorous adjective ˈstəːt(ə)rəsˈstərdərəs (of breathing) noisy and laboured. 打鼾的，打呼噜的 the breathing was becoming less stertorous a stertorous sigh Example sentencesExamples Stertorous breathing may occur after epileptic convulsions, but does not typically occur after psychogenic non-epileptic convulsions. A 28 month old girl was referred with a 16 month history of failure to thrive, snoring, stertorous breathing, and, latterly, life threatening respiratory obstruction. During one such conversation his last words were ‘there are just two other things…’ followed by unresponding, stertorous breathing. Derivatives stertorously adverb Then it's the middle of the night, I'm in a hospital room, somebody is breathing stertorously in the next bed behind a curtain, my brain feels like a horsehair sofa and my mouth tastes like I've eaten one. Example sentencesExamples Lucy was breathing somewhat stertorously, and her face was at its worst, for the open mouth showed the pale gums. He breathed stertorously, and in his throat were the queer little gasping noises of one overwrought. The old gentleman, who was comfortably and perhaps even stertorously asleep in the corner, is now in the centre engaged in conversation with the young lieutenant. When he returned at half-past eleven o'clock, he found his rooms full of a strong odour of laudanum; his wife was breathing stertorously and lying unconscious on the bed. Origin Early 19th century: from modern Latin stertor 'snoring sound' (from Latin stertere 'to snore') + -ous. Definition of stertorous in US English: stertorous adjectiveˈstərdərəsˈstərdərəs (of breathing) noisy and labored. 打鼾的，打呼噜的 the breathing was becoming less stertorous a stertorous sigh Example sentencesExamples During one such conversation his last words were ‘there are just two other things…’ followed by unresponding, stertorous breathing. A 28 month old girl was referred with a 16 month history of failure to thrive, snoring, stertorous breathing, and, latterly, life threatening respiratory obstruction. Stertorous breathing may occur after epileptic convulsions, but does not typically occur after psychogenic non-epileptic convulsions. Origin Early 19th century: from modern Latin stertor ‘snoring sound’ (from Latin stertere ‘to snore’) + -ous.
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