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单词 dormant
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But all the warnings served only to stir emotions that had been dormant for so long.But my doctor says the virus can lie dormant for years.By this time many cells will have been infected and the virus will lie dormant throughout the body.Between attacks the virus lies dormant in nerve cells and it is normally kept in check by the immune system.There are more reminders of the past on the hiking trails that weave their way around and up to the dormant volcano.The effects of an earthquake can be felt hundreds of miles from the epicentre and are powerful enough to wake dormant volcanoes.Summer months rushed by; the entire project seemed to lie dormant.Finally, circuits in his brain that had long been dormant lit up.On camera, he frequently looked like a dormant volcano.Banks can spot them because they will usually lie dormant for months and then suddenly see large sums of money deposited and withdrawn in a few hours.You can zoom a bike around one of the many lakes, or follow a walking trail that leads to a dormant volcano.We lost touch with the great creative force which lies dormant within us and entered the world of the father, the world of the warrior.It has almost 30 other dormant accounts with at least 50,000 in them.It might be something you've always wanted to do but lies dormant inside you, either forgotten or unexplored.This championship has seen a re-emergence of an attacking game long dormant, but there have been worrying signs too.If you doubt it, take a look around your house, in particular the corners where useless objects lie dormant.

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dormant

British English: dormant ADJECTIVE
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 erupted.
  • American English: dormant
  • Brazilian Portuguese: latente
  • Chinese: 休眠的
  • European Spanish: inactivo
  • French: endormi
  • German: ruhend
  • Italian: inattivo
  • Japanese: 休止状態にある
  • Korean: 휴지 상태의
  • European Portuguese: latente
  • Latin American Spanish: inactivo

(adjective) 
Definition
temporarily quiet, inactive, or not being used
The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue.
Synonyms
latent
Advertisements attempt to project a latent meaning behind an overt message.
inactive
The satellite has been inactive since its launch two years ago.
lurking
quiescent
a quiescent seaside town
unrealized
unexpressed
inoperative
(adjective) 
Definition
alive but in a resting condition
The hamster lapses into a dormant state in cold weather.
Synonyms
inactive
They certainly were not politically inactive.
sleeping
inert
He covered the inert body with a blanket
suspended
asleep
My daughter was asleep on the sofa.
sluggish
feeling sluggish and lethargic after a big meal
slumbering
comatose
Granpa lies comatose on the sofa.
hibernating
torpid
He led a lazy, torpid life at the weekends.
Opposites
active
,
conscious
,
alert
,
awake
,
aroused
,
awakened
,
wide-awake
,
alive and kicking
,
wakeful

Additional synonyms

in the sense of asleep
Definition
in or into a state of sleep
My daughter was asleep on the sofa.
Synonyms
sleeping,
napping,
dormant,
crashed out (slang),
dozing,
slumbering,
snoozing (informal),
fast asleep,
sound asleep,
out for the count,
dead to the world (informal),
in a deep sleep
in the sense of comatose
Definition
sound asleep
Granpa lies comatose on the sofa.
Synonyms
inert,
stupefied,
out cold,
somnolent,
torpid,
insensible,
dead to the world (informal),
drugged
in the sense of inert
Definition
inactive or lifeless
He covered the inert body with a blanket
Synonyms
inactive,
still,
motionless,
dead,
passive,
slack,
static,
dormant,
lifeless,
leaden,
immobile,
inanimate,
unresponsive,
unmoving,
quiescent,
torpid,
unreactive,
slumberous (poetic)

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