• adj. 休眠的；靜止的；睡眠狀態(tài)的；隱匿的
• n. (Dormant)人名；(法)多爾芒

來自PIE*drem，睡覺，休息。引申詞義蟄伏。

dormant

dormant: [14] Like dormitory and dormer, dormant comes ultimately from Latin dormīre ‘sleep’, which is related to Sanskrit drā- ‘sleep’ and Russian dremat’ ‘doze’. Dormant was borrowed from French dormant, the present participle of dormir ‘sleep’, while dormitory [15] comes from Latin dormītōrium, a derivative of the past participle of dormīre. Dormer [16], from Old French dormeor, a derivative of dormir, originally signified a ‘dormitory window’. (It is not clear whether dormouse [15] is related, but if it is it would mean literally ‘sleeping mouse’, or conceivably even ‘sleeper’, from French dormeuse, the feminine of dormeur ‘sleeper’.)
=> dormer, dormitory

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" (cognates: 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.

1. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.

病毒潛伏于神經(jīng)組織里直到被激活。

來自柯林斯例句

2. During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.

冬天種子在土壤中休眠。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.

在冬天許多動物都處于睡眠狀態(tài).

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Many living things are dormant in winter.

很多生物到了冬季都休眠.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.

休眠期是這種植物生活史中的另一個階段。

來自柯林斯例句