搜尋結果
dormant
- IPA[ˈdɔːm(ə)nt]
英式
- (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep;(of a plant or bud) alive but not actively growing.
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep dormant butterflies
- ▪ (of a plant or bud) alive but not actively growing.
- ▪ (of a volcano) temporarily inactive.
- ▪ (of a disease) causing no symptoms but not cured and liable to recur the disease may remain dormant and undetected until transmitted to other fish
- 2. temporarily inactive or inoperative that dormant urge to write fiction has re-emerged the successful consortium included a dormant company
- 3. (of an animal) depicted lying with its head on its paws.
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- IPA[ˈdôrm(ə)nt]
美式
- (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; ... dormant butterflies
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