dormant
英 ['d??m(?)nt]
美 ['d?rm?nt]
- adj. 休眠的；靜止的；睡眠狀態的；隱匿的
- n. (Dormant)人名；(法)多爾芒
助記提示
dormant“冬眠的”
2. Dormant：倒悶頭。倒下悶頭就睡----冬眠的，靜止的。
中文詞源
dormant 蟄伏的來自PIE*drem，睡覺，休息。引申詞義蟄伏。
英文詞源
- dormant
- dormant: [14] Like dormitory and dormer, dormant comes ultimately from Latin dormīre ‘sleep’, which is related to Sanskrit drā- ‘sleep’ and Russian dremat’ ‘doze’. Dormant was borrowed from French dormant, the present participle of dormir ‘sleep’, while dormitory [15] comes from Latin dormītōrium, a derivative of the past participle of dormīre. Dormer [16], from Old French dormeor, a derivative of dormir, originally signified a ‘dormitory window’. (It is not clear whether dormouse [15] is related, but if it is it would mean literally ‘sleeping mouse’, or conceivably even ‘sleeper’, from French dormeuse, the feminine of dormeur ‘sleeper’.)
=> dormer, dormitory - dormant (adj.)
- late 14c., "fixed in place," from Old French dormant (12c.), present participle of dormir "to sleep," from Latin dormire "to sleep," from PIE root *drem- "to sleep" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic dremati "to sleep, doze," Greek edrathon "I slept," Sanskrit drati "sleeps"). Meaning "in a resting situation" (in heraldry) is from c. 1500. Meaning "sleeping' is from 1620s.
雙語例句
- 1. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.
- 病毒潛伏于神經組織里直到被激活。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.
- 冬天種子在土壤中休眠。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.
- 在冬天許多動物都處于睡眠狀態.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Many living things are dormant in winter.
- 很多生物到了冬季都休眠.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.
- 休眠期是這種植物生活史中的另一個階段。
來自柯林斯例句