dormant['dɒ:mәnt]
汉语翻译
a. 睡眠状态的, 静止的
【医】 休眠的, 不活动的, 休止的
词型变化
名词:dormancy
英语解释
形容词 dormant:
- of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct 同义词:inactive
- lying with head on paws as if sleeping同义词:sleeping
- in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation同义词:hibernating, torpid
- inactive but capable of becoming active
例句
- As soon as they meet again his dormant love for her is rekindled.他们一见面,他对她的旧情如乾柴烈火般又重新燃起。
- 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。
- He 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。
- A protective case, covering, or structure, such as a plant bud, in which an organism remains dormant for the winter.离体条芽一种保护性的外壳、表皮或结构,例如植物的芽,在其内部一个有机体处于冬眠状态
详细解释
dor.mant
adj.(形容词)Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive.不活跃的:睡着的,似睡着的;不活跃的Latent but capable of being activated:潜在的:潜在的但能够被激活的:例句:.a harrowing experience which . . . lay dormant but still menacing.(
Charles Jackson).埋在心底令人痛苦但仍有威胁的经历.(
查尔斯·杰克逊)
Temporarily quiescent:暂时停止活动的:例句:a dormant volcano.See Synonyms at
inactive See Synonyms at
latent 休眠火山参见
inactive参见
latentIn a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.休眠期的:处在生物休眠、停止活动的状态中,特征是停止生长或发展及许多代谢过程的中止
来源:Middle English 中古英语 from Old French [from present participle of] dormir [to sleep] 源自 古法语 [] 源自dormir的现在分词 [睡觉] from Latin
dormore 源自 拉丁语
dormore
【引伸】
dor.mancyn.(名词)