| 单词 | dormant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['dɔ:mənt] |
| 解释 | a.冬眠的；静止的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 冬眠的(torpid in winter)；静止的(asleep; quiet; still) 【考】 dormant : inactivity / malleable : plasticity(休眠的有不活动性/ 可塑的有可塑性) 【记】 dorm(睡眠)+ant→冬 眠的 【同】 同根词: dormitory(宿舍)； dormouse(睡鼠) 【例】 the dormant volcano /the dormant grass will grow again |
| 字源 | dormant (adj.) late 14c., "fixed in place," from Old French dormant (12c.), present participle of dormir "to sleep," from Latin dormire "to sleep," from PIE root *drem- "to sleep" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic dremati "to sleep, doze," Greek edrathon "I slept," Sanskrit drati "sleeps"). Meaning "in a resting situation" (in heraldry) is from c.1500. Meaning "sleeping' is from 1620s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 冬眠的; 不活跃的(暂时停止活动的, 如: 火山) 【记】读: 都闷他 【参】dormitory(n 宿舍); dormouse(n 冬眠鼠; 睡鼠) 【类】dormant: inactivity = malleable: plasticity休眠的有不活动性 = 可塑的有可塑性 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：冬眠；doorman 看门人，看门人最闲了，经常睡觉； 【相关】dorm, dormitory 宿舍，宿的舍，睡觉的地方 |
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