diapause

[医] 滞育, 停育

发音

其它 /ˈdaɪəpɔːz/

词形变化

diapauses 复数 diapauses diapaused diapauses 三单 diapausing diapausing 现在分词 diapaused 过去式 diapaused 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)

    可数 不可数 生物 动物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To undergo diapause.

    不及物

词源

From Ancient Greek διάπαυσις (diápausis, “pause, cessation”). By surface analysis, dia- + -pause.

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