dormant
dormant 英 [ˈdɔ:mənt] 美 [ˈdɔrmənt]
adj. 休眠的；静止的；睡眠状态的；隐匿的
- That old dog was dormant for so long he was confused for a furry doormat, but a doormat is likely to stay dormant, or inactive, because it is lifeless: that old dog has some life in him yet.
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- adj. 休眠的；静止的；睡眠状态的；隐匿的
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1. Then it began to act like yeast used in slow-fermenting lagers, settling to the bottom of the tank but not going dormant.
然后它们开始像用于慢性发酵的储藏啤酒的酵母一样活动，深入酿造箱底部，却又不休眠。
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2. It is thought they also can remain in a dormant state for years, or even centuries until favorable conditions occur, and then they hatch.
一种观点认为，它们也能保持很多年，甚至数个世纪的休眠状态，直至有利的条件再次出现它们才孵化。
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3. On the other hand, perennials like switchgrass and Miscanthus have more extensive root systems—necessary because they remain dormant for part of the year and then must grow up again from their roots.
另一方面，像柳枝稷和芒草这些多年生的有更强大的根系，而且是必要的，因为这些植物一年中的部分时间要休眠，而随后的生长则以来其根系提供。
- 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" (source also of 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.
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