Quiescent
[kwɪ'es(ə)nt;kwaɪ-] or [kwɪ'ɛsnt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) (pathology) causing no symptoms; 'a quiescent tumor' .
(adj.) being quiet or still or inactive .
(adj.) not active or activated; 'the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation' .
(adj.) marked by a state of tranquil repose; 'the quiescent melancholy of the town' .
校對:路易丝--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
(a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
(a.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
(n.) A silent letter.
錄入:斯科特
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Quiet, resting, still, dormant, motionless, at rest, at a stand, stock-still, standing still.[2]. Silent, not sounded.
整理:马提
解釋/意思:
adj. being quiet resting: not sounded as a quiescent letter: still: unagitated: silent.—v.i. Quiesce′ to become quiet: to become silent in pronunciation as a letter.—ns. Quies′cence Quies′cency state of being at rest: rest of mind: silence: torpor.—adv. Quies′cently.
整理:瓦莱丽