aestivation

n. 夏眠, 度夏

发音

/ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/

词形变化

aestivations 复数 aestivations

别名

æstivation estivation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.

    夏眠

    可数 不可数 生物
  2. 2.

    The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.

    可数 不可数 生物 植物学
  3. 3.

    The spending or passing of a summer.

    可数 废旧 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

estivation

上位词 4

arrangement dormancy quiescence quiescency

词源

Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.

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