dormant 详细解释

dormant

['dɔ:mənt]

adj.休眠的, 睡眠的, 静止的, 潜伏的

a.

1. 睡着的

2. 【生】冬眠的; 休眠的

plants which are dormant

休眠的植物

Bears lie dormant during the winter.

熊在冬季冬眠。

3. 暂停活动的; 静止的

a dormant volcano

休火山

4. 潜在的; 潜伏的

词形变化

名词: dormancy |

词义辨析

同义:

a.睡着的; 静止的

sleeping  inactive  quiescent  latent  

同义参见:

asleep  vegetable  static  sleepy  passive  

反义:

a.睡着的; 潜伏的

awake  active  

英英释义

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

补充

dormantdormant英:[ˈdɔ:mənt] 美:[ˈdɔrmənt]adj.1.潜伏的, 蛰服的, 休眠的

例句

1. Crossing branches can be removed during the dormant winter period.交叉枝可以在冬季休眠期剪掉。 2. Pruning should be done during the dormant season.剪枝应该在休眠季节进行。 3. The long dormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980.圣海伦斯火山休眠多年之后, 于1980年爆发。 4. efforts to trace the beneficiaries of dormant accounts追踪不活动账户受款人的工作 5. The United Nations is resuming a diplomatic effort that has lain dormant for almost two decades.联合国正重新开始暂停了近 20 年的外交努力。 6. The idea had lain dormant in Britain during the 50s.50年代, 这种观点在英国还不为人所知。 7. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.这种病毒在激活之前一直潜伏在神经组织中。 8. dormant butterflies.冬眠的蝴蝶。 9. the event evoked memories that she would rather had lain dormant.这个事件唤起了她宁愿让其沉睡在记忆中的往事。 10. a dormant volcano休火山 11. a dormant volcano休眠火山 12. The seeds will remain/lie dormant until the spring.种子将一直休眠到春天。 13. Her emotions have lain dormant for many years.她的情感已埋藏多年。 14. The volcano has been in a state of dormancy for many years.这座火山多年来一直处于休眠状态。 15. a period of dormancy休眠期