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dormant adj.休眠的；睡眠的；静止的；潜伏的；匿名的；（动物等）冬眠的 (1) 这位教授应该试图唤醒他们沉睡和懒散的天赋。(2) 睡眠状态的火山经过一段时间后还会喷发。(3) 我们组织中有许多沉寂的部门现在突然活跃起来。(4) 他们一见面,他对她的旧情如干柴烈火般又重新燃起。 Volcanoes are described as dormant when they stay cool for a long time, without spewing hot lava and ash. They may have the ability to come to life, but they remain dormant, or inactive. Dormant comes from French dormir, "to sleep," and it refers to living things that are on a break rather than things that have died. Being dormant is being temporarily at rest, although sometimes, as with some cancer cells, things become permanently — and thankfully — dormant.

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英 ['dɔːmənt] 美 ['dɔːrmənt] (1) The professor would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.(2) A dormant volcano may erupt after an interval.(3) Many dormant branches of our organization are now springing to active life.(4) As soon as they meet again his dormant love for her is rekindled. That old dog was dormant for so long he was confused for a furry doormat, but a doormat is likely to stay dormant, or inactive, because it is lifeless: that old dog has some life in him yet. 1[ADJ 形容词]暂停活动的；暂搁不用的；休眠的；蛰伏的 Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on. ...when the long dormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980...当长期休眠的圣海伦斯火山在 1980 年爆发时The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated...病毒潜伏于神经组织里直到被激活。The United Nations is resuming a diplomatic effort that has lain dormant for almost two decades.联合国正重新开始暂停了近 20 年的外交努力。dormancyDuring dormancy the plants must be kept very dry.在休眠期，植物必须保持非常干燥。

英语单词	dormant
英美音标	英 ['dɔːmənt] 美 ['dɔːrmənt]
中文释义	adj.休眠的；睡眠的；静止的；潜伏的；匿名的；（动物等）冬眠的
英语例句	(1) The professor would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties. (2) A dormant volcano may erupt after an interval. (3) Many dormant branches of our organization are now springing to active life. (4) As soon as they meet again his dormant love for her is rekindled.
中文例句	(1) 这位教授应该试图唤醒他们沉睡和懒散的天赋。 (2) 睡眠状态的火山经过一段时间后还会喷发。 (3) 我们组织中有许多沉寂的部门现在突然活跃起来。 (4) 他们一见面,他对她的旧情如干柴烈火般又重新燃起。
vocabulary简明	That old dog was dormant for so long he was confused for a furry doormat, but a doormat is likely to stay dormant, or inactive, because it is lifeless: that old dog has some life in him yet.
vocabulary扩展	Volcanoes are described as dormant when they stay cool for a long time, without spewing hot lava and ash. They may have the ability to come to life, but they remain dormant, or inactive. Dormant comes from French dormir, "to sleep," and it refers to living things that are on a break rather than things that have died. Being dormant is being temporarily at rest, although sometimes, as with some cancer cells, things become permanently — and thankfully — dormant.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]暂停活动的；暂搁不用的；休眠的；蛰伏的 Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on. ...when the long dormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980... 当长期休眠的圣海伦斯火山在 1980 年爆发时 The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated... 病毒潜伏于神经组织里直到被激活。 The United Nations is resuming a diplomatic effort that has lain dormant for almost two decades. 联合国正重新开始暂停了近 20 年的外交努力。 dormancy During dormancy the plants must be kept very dry. 在休眠期，植物必须保持非常干燥。

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