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dormant

/ˈdɔːm(ə)nt

adjective

1(Of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep: dormant butterflies figurative the event evoked memories that she would rather had lain dormant...

For decades the old garden had lain dormant and almost forgotten as many others of that period often do.
The case had been long dormant for years.
Your true ancestry did not disappear, though it lay dormant for many years.

1.1(Of a plant or bud) alive but not actively growing.The following method can be used to determine if dormant wheat plants are alive and likely to resume active growth in the spring....

Following dispersal from the parent plant, seeds are dormant.
So long as those auxin signals move out from the growing tips, few - if any - of the dormant buds on the plant will open up and begin to grow.

1.2(Of a volcano) temporarily inactive.Running down each side of the valley are mountain peaks dotted with dormant volcanoes....

Fuji is a Japan's highest mountain with a dormant volcano, which most recently erupted in 1708.
It's there in the white-clad high priest presiding in the temple at the summit of a dormant volcano.

1.3(Of a disease) causing no symptoms but not cured and liable to recur: the disease may remain dormant and undetected until transmitted to other fish...

However, some time is required to treat dormant diseases such as chronic asthma and diabetes.
"Renal disease tends to lie dormant and often symptoms don't become apparent until it's too late, " he warned.
Diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure and cirrhosis of the liver seem to predispose the activation to disease of the otherwise dormant latent infection.

1.4 [usually postpositive] Heraldry (Of an animal) depicted lying with its head on its paws.

Derivatives

dormancy

/ˈdɔːm(ə)nsi

/ noun ...

An old and unconquered fear murmurs and shifts in its sleep, and I'm tiptoeing round it for fear of rousing it from dormancy.
The holly bush is said to be considered a symbol of the continuation of life because it remains green during winter dormancy.
It is important to provide a fertile, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil, a sunny site and a cold period of dormancy.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the senses 'fixed in position' and 'latent'): from Old French, 'sleeping', present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire 'to sleep'.

单词	dormant
释义	dormant /ˈdɔːm(ə)nt / adjective 1(Of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep: dormant butterflies figurative the event evoked memories that she would rather had lain dormant... For decades the old garden had lain dormant and almost forgotten as many others of that period often do. The case had been long dormant for years. Your true ancestry did not disappear, though it lay dormant for many years. 1.1(Of a plant or bud) alive but not actively growing.The following method can be used to determine if dormant wheat plants are alive and likely to resume active growth in the spring.... Following dispersal from the parent plant, seeds are dormant. So long as those auxin signals move out from the growing tips, few - if any - of the dormant buds on the plant will open up and begin to grow. 1.2(Of a volcano) temporarily inactive.Running down each side of the valley are mountain peaks dotted with dormant volcanoes.... Fuji is a Japan's highest mountain with a dormant volcano, which most recently erupted in 1708. It's there in the white-clad high priest presiding in the temple at the summit of a dormant volcano. 1.3(Of a disease) causing no symptoms but not cured and liable to recur: the disease may remain dormant and undetected until transmitted to other fish... However, some time is required to treat dormant diseases such as chronic asthma and diabetes. "Renal disease tends to lie dormant and often symptoms don't become apparent until it's too late, " he warned. Diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure and cirrhosis of the liver seem to predispose the activation to disease of the otherwise dormant latent infection. 1.4 [usually postpositive] Heraldry (Of an animal) depicted lying with its head on its paws. Derivatives dormancy /ˈdɔːm(ə)nsi / noun ... An old and unconquered fear murmurs and shifts in its sleep, and I'm tiptoeing round it for fear of rousing it from dormancy. The holly bush is said to be considered a symbol of the continuation of life because it remains green during winter dormancy. It is important to provide a fertile, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil, a sunny site and a cold period of dormancy. Origin Late Middle English (in the senses 'fixed in position' and 'latent'): from Old French, 'sleeping', present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire 'to sleep'. Rhymes informant
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dormancy

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