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dormant

英['dɔːmənt] 美['dɔːrmənt]
  • adj. 休眠的;睡眠的;静止的;潜伏的;匿名的;(动物等)冬眠的
dormancy
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详细释义

Adjective:
  1. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;

    "dormant buds"
    "a hibernating bear"
    "torpid frogs"

  2. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ;

    "a dormant volcano"

  3. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

  4. inactive but capable of becoming active;

    "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

双语例句

1. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.
病毒潜伏于神经组织里直到被激活。

来自柯林斯例句

2. During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.
冬天种子在土壤中休眠。

来自《权威词典》

3. Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.
在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Many living things are dormant in winter.
很多生物到了冬季都休眠.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.
休眠期是这种植物生活史中的另一个阶段。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Many living things are dormant in winter.
      很多生物到了冬季都休眠。
    2. The professor would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.
      这位教授应该试图唤醒他们沉睡和懒散的天赋。
    3. A dormant volcano may erupt after an interval.
      睡眠状态的火山经过一段时间后还会喷发。
    4. Many dormant branches of our organization are now springing to active life.
      我们组织中有许多沉寂的部门现在突然活跃起来。
    5. As soon as they meet again his dormant love for her is rekindled.
      他们一见面,他对她的旧情如干柴烈火般又重新燃起。

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