hibernate

英 ['haɪbəneɪt] 美 ['haɪbərneɪt]

• vi. 冬眠；蛰伏；过冬

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 动物冬眠
2. 过冬，植物越冬
3. 避寒
4. 蛰居，蛰伏

英英释义

Verb:

1. sleep during winter;

   "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
   

2. be in an inactive or dormant state

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.
   熊在春天、夏天和秋天保持清醒,在冬季冬眠。
2. In the cold weather some of them hibernate. They go to sleep in all kinds of place.
   它们有的在寒冷的天气里冬眠了。它们在各种各样的地方睡觉。
3. You should hibernate before I contact with you.
   在我与你联系之前，你得潜伏不动。
4. His family often hibernates to the South.
   他们家每到冬天都到南方去过冬。

经典引文

• In winter, while the grizzly hibernates, the polar bear is out..hunting.

  出自： B. Lopez

近反义词

【近义词】

• sleep 睡觉
• slumber 睡眠
• hole up 冬眠
• up 向上
• hole 洞
• lie dormant 潜伏(冬眠
• take cover 隐蔽
• overwinter 过冬
• hide away 包庇
• hide 藏

【反义词】

• aestivate 过夏季
• estivate 度夏