dormant
美音:
[´dɔ:mənt
]英音:
[´dɔ:mənt
]adj.睡眠状态的,静止的,隐匿的
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dormant为短语/超纲词汇
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名词:dormancy
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dorm=to sleep(睡眠)
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dormant
/'dɔ:mənt; `dɔrmənt/
adj temporarily inactive 暂时不活动的; 休眠的; 蛰伏的
*a dormant volcano, ie neither extinct nor erupting 休火山
* Many plants lie dormant throughout the winter, ie alive but not growing. 许多植物冬天呈休眠状态.
* As soon as they met again his dormant love for her was rekindled. 他们一见面, 他对她的旧情如乾柴烈火般又重新燃起.
dormant
adj[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;Origin: , present participle of dormir
'to sleep', from
Latin dormire]
not active or not growing at the present time but able to be active later
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activelie/remain dormant The seeds remain dormant until the spring. a huge dormant volcano>dormancyn[U]