As the whisky took effect, he gradually fell into a drunken stupor.是什么意思？

As the whisky took effect, he gradually fell into a drunken stupor.

随着威士忌酒力发作，他逐渐醉得不省人事。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

whisky

n. 威士忌酒；

例句
I could smell the whisky on his breath...
我能闻到他呼出的威士忌的味道。

took

v. 拿( take的过去式 )，接受，学习，取得；

例句
The interview took place on a Friday afternoon...
采访是在一个星期五的下午进行的。

effect

n. 影响，效果，印象，所有物；vt. 使发生，引起，产生（效果）；

例句
The police said Mr Hadfield's decision would have no adverse effect on the progress of the investigation...
警方称哈德菲尔德先生的决定将不会对调查的进展造成不利影响。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

gradually

adv. 逐步地，渐渐地，按部就班地，日趋，冉冉；

例句
He has gradually acquiesced to the demands of the opposition...
他渐渐顺从了反对派的要求。

fell

vt. 砍倒，打倒；n. 兽皮，一季的木材采伐量；adj. 残忍的，凶恶的；v. 掉下，摔倒，变坏(fall的过去式)；

例句
One afternoon, I grew bored and actually fell asleep for a few minutes...
一天下午，我觉得有些无聊，还真的睡着了一小会儿。

into

prep. （表示方向）进入…中，（表示所属）输入，（表示状态）进入…状态，（表示时间）持续到；

例句
By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies...
到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。

drunken

adj. 酒醉的，常醉的，酗酒的；

例句
...a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon.
一群整个下午都在饮酒的醉醺醺的生意人

stupor

n. 目光呆滞，恍惚，昏迷，惊愕；

例句
We drank ourselves into a stupor on cheap wine.
我们喝廉价葡萄酒喝得酩酊大醉。