音标:['dɒ:mәnt] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 睡眠状态的, 静止的
[医] 休眠的, 不活动的, 休止的
s. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
a. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
s. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

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dormant的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Many living things are dormant in winter.很多生物到了冬季都休眠。
  2. The professor would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.这位教授应该试图唤醒他们沉睡和懒散的天赋。
  3. A dormant volcano may erupt after an interval.睡眠状态的火山经过一段时间后还会喷发。
  4. Many dormant branches of our organization are now springing to active life.我们组织中有许多沉寂的部门现在突然活跃起来。
  5. As soon as they meet again his dormant love for her is rekindled.他们一见面,他对她的旧情如干柴烈火般又重新燃起。

词汇搭配

  • dormant partner不露面的合伙人...
  • dormant capital闲置资本
  • dormant account休眠帐户
  • dormant season休眠季
  • dormant bolt埋头螺栓
  • dormant processor静止处理机
  • dormant volcano休眠火山
  • dormant scrap报废器材,废钢...
  • dormant window屋顶的天窗,老虎窗,...
  • dormant pruning休眠期修剪
  • dormant spray休眠期喷射
  • dormant period潜伏期
  • dormant stage休眠阶段,静止期...
  • dormant state静态
  • dormant assets闲置资产
  • dormant scale自重天平
  • dormant partnership匿名合伙营业...
  • dormant screw埋头螺钉
  • lie dormant潜伏(冬眠

经典引文

  • Many volcanoes..are merely dormant.

    出自:T. H. Huxley
  • The main clearing banks will not disclose how much is lying in dormant accounts.

    出自:Times
  • That fear that lies dormant even in the strongest heart.

    出自:A. Brookner
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