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Dormant

['dɔːm(ə)nt] or ['dɔrmənt]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; 'a dormant volcano' .

(adj.) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; 'dormant buds'; 'a hibernating bear'; 'torpid frogs' .

(adj.) lying with head on paws as if sleeping .

編輯:凯利--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.

(a.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.

(a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

艾莉森編輯

同義詞及近義詞:

a. [1]. Sleeping, quiescent, at rest.[2]. Latent, unexerted, suspended, inert, inactive.

編輯:瑞伊

同義詞及反義詞:

SYN:Sleeping, slumbering, latent, undeveloped, quiescent, inert

ANT:Vigilant, wakeful, active, operative, developed, energetic

錄入:特德

解釋/意思:

adj. sleeping: at rest: not used in abeyance (as a title): in a sleeping posture: (archit.) leaning.—n. a crossbeam: a joist.—n. Dor′mancy quiescence.—ns. Dor′mer-win′dow a vertical window esp. of a sleeping-room (formerly called dormer) on the sloping roof of a house; Dormi′tion sleeping.—adj. Dor′mitive causing sleep (of medicine) as opium.—ns. Dor′mitory a large sleeping-chamber with many beds; Dor′mouse a small rodent intermediate between the squirrel and the mouse so called because torpid in winter:—pl. Dor′mice; Dor′tour (Spens.) a dormitory.

整理:皮尔斯

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