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

英英释义

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"
   

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。

经典引文

• Many volcanoes..are merely dormant.

  出自： T. H. Huxley

• The main clearing banks will not disclose how much is lying in dormant accounts.

  出自：Times

• That fear that lies dormant even in the strongest heart.

  出自： A. Brookner

词汇搭配

• dormant partner 不露面的合伙人...
• dormant capital 闲置资本
• dormant account 休眠帐户
• dormant season 休眠季
• dormant bolt 埋头螺栓
• dormant processor 静止处理机
• dormant volcano 休眠火山
• dormant scrap 报废器材,废钢...
• dormant window 屋顶的天窗,老虎窗,...
• dormant pruning 休眠期修剪
• dormant spray 休眠期喷射
• dormant period 潜伏期
• dormant stage 休眠阶段,静止期...
• dormant state 静态
• dormant assets 闲置资产
• dormant scale 自重天平
• dormant partnership 匿名合伙营业...
• dormant screw 埋头螺钉
• lie dormant 潜伏(冬眠

近反义词

【近义词】

• inactive 不活动的
• sleeping 睡着的
• quiescent 静止的
• latent 潜伏的
• asleep 睡着的
• sleepy 欲睡的
• passive 被动的
• static 静态的
• vegetable 蔬菜
• quiet 安静的
• undeveloped 未开发的
• hidden 隐藏的
• unexpressed 不明说的
• torpid 迟钝的
• hibernating 动词hibernate的...
• abeyant 中止的

【反义词】

• active 活跃的
• awake 醒着的