dormant

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a. 睡眠状态的, 静止的 [医] 休眠的, 不活动的, 休止的

发音

US /ˈdɔɹmənt/
其它
UK /ˈdɔːmənt/

词形变化

dormants 复数 dormants

别名

dormaunt dormient

教材释义与例句

形容词

休眠的；静止的；睡眠状态的；隐匿的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A crossbeam or joist.

    建筑
adj.
  1. 1.

    Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

    睡眠状态的

    休眠

    Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

    The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.

    This volcano is dormant but not extinct.

  2. 2.

    In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

    政治 纹章

    a lion dormant

  3. 3.

    Leaning.

    建筑

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

sleeping inactive abeyant torpid

反义词 1

active

近义相关 4

asleep inactive quiescent unerect

相关短语

dormant volcano 休眠火山 dormant volcanoes dormant window dormant windows Dormant Commerce Clause dormant volcanos

词源

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).

来源：wiktionary