单词 | hibernation |
释义 | hibernationn. 1. The action of wintering, or passing the winter, esp. in some suitable place or condition. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [noun] > in winter hibernation1687 the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > winter > spending the winter wintering1565 hiemation1656 hibernation1687 1687–1700 P. Rycaut Contin. Knolles' Hist. Turks 1462 The next day..the vizier [marched] to Diarbechir, for his hybernation. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 153 The several Plants that were to pass their Hybernation in the Green-house. 1808 R. Southey Let. 13 Sept. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) III. xiv. 169 I am..laying in health and exercise for the next season of hybernation. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 1/3 My experiences may be of use next season to those who are in doubt about their next year's quarters for hibernation. 2. Natural History. The dormant condition into which many animals and plants pass when the temperature falls below certain limits; esp. the winter sleep of some warm-blooded animals, as the dormouse, hedgehog, badger, bear, bat, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > hibernation latitancy1646 hibernation1816 aestivation1839 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 349 Their hybernation in these circumstances has little or nothing analogous to that of larger animals. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Hibernation, the passing of winter in a close lodge, as beasts and fowls that retire in cold weather. Darwin. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §221 This state of hybernation..is better displayed in the Dormouse, than in any other warm-blooded animal of our own country, except the Bats. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith iv. ii. §5. 221 [A plant] prepares itself for the period of hybernation. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) vi. §325 The great serpents and reptiles have buried themselves for hibernation. 3. figurative. Any condition or period of dormancy or suspended activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun] > temporary dormancy1789 hibernation1829 1829 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 176 I know scarcely any one that walks, and this..has reduced me to a sort of hybernation. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Aug. 1/1 With the revival of the Guild of Literature revive a number of questions which during its hybernation were put upon one side. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 394/1 The long interval of half a century seems to be the period of hybernation during which the telescopic mind rests from its labours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1687 |
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