| 单词 | dormant |
| 释义 | dormant /dawr"meuhnt/, adj. 1. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience. 2. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance: The project is dormant for the time being. 3. Biol. in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm. 4. undisclosed; unasserted: dormant musical talent. 5. (of a volcano) not erupting. 6. Bot. temporarily inactive: dormant buds; dormant seeds. 7. (of a pesticide) applied to a plant during a period of dormancy: a dormant spray. 8. Heraldry. (of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep. [1350-1400; ME dorma(u)nt < AF, prp. of dormir < L dormire to sleep; see -ANT] Syn. 1, 2. quiescent. See inactive. 4. latent. Ant. 1. awake, active. |
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