单词 | quiescent |
释义 | qui·es·cent (kwē-ĕsənt, kwī-) adj. 1. Quiet, still, or inactive. See Synonyms at inactive. 2. Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord: "We tend to think of the decades following the final overthrow of Napoleon as remarkably quiescent" (Walter McDougall). 3. Astronomy Having little or no sunspot activity. 4. Medicine Asymptomatic: a quiescent infection. [Latin quiēscēns, quiēscent-, present participle of quiēscere, to rest, from quiēs, quiet; see QUIET.] qui·escence n. qui·escent·ly adv. |
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