| 正面 | 12335.latent 英 ['leɪt(ə)nt]美 ['letnt]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. lethe "forgetfulness, oblivion" => latere "to lie hidden" => latent.2. lethe => latent.3. => "concealed, secret".adj. 潜在的；潜伏的；隐藏的 例句： 1. It may also appeal to the latent chauvinism of many ordinary people.它可能也迎合了许多普通人心中的沙文主义情结。 latent 隐藏的，潜伏的来自PIE*la,隐藏，遗忘，词源同Lethe,lethargy. latent (adj.)mid-15c., "concealed, secret," from Latin latentem (nominative latens) "lying hid, secret, unknown," present participle of latere "to lie hidden," from PIE *laidh-, from root *la- "to be hidden" (cognates: Greek lethe "forgetfulness, oblivion," Old Church Slavonic lajati "to lie in wait for"). Meaning "dormant" is from 1680s." |