quiescent

a. 静止的, 不活动的, 寂静的 [医] 静息的, 静止的

发音

其它 /kwaɪˈɛsənt/

词形变化

more quiescent 比较级 most quiescent 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Inactive, quiet, at rest.

    静止的

    The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.

    In times of national security, the feeling of Patriotism among the masses is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist—in their case national glory or national danger awakens it, and it leaps up armed cap-a-pie.

  2. 2.

    Not sounded; silent.

    媒体

    The k is quiescent in "knight" and "know".

  3. 3.

    Non-proliferating.

    生物 医学

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近义相关 3

quiet dormant inactive

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem.

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