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单词 dormant
释义 dor·mant
\ˈdȯrmənt, ˈdȯ(ə)m-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English dormaunt, from Middle French dormant, from present participle of dormir to sleep, from Latin dormire; akin to Greek edrathon, erdathon I slept, Sanskrit drāti, drāyati he sleeps, Old Slavic drěmati to doze, Armenian tartam slow, sleepy
1.
 a. archaic : fixed in position
  < a dormant timber across a foundation >
 b. : relaxed or immobile
  < one of the ancient's hoary eyebrows seemed to go up a few millimeters but otherwise his face remained dormant — Earle Birney >
2. : inactive:
 a. heraldry : lying down with the head resting on the forepaws — distinguished from couchant
 b.
  (1) : sleeping or drowsing
   < the preacher, who would interrupt his discourse to denounce a dormant worshiper — American Guide Series: Michigan >
  (2) : having the faculties suspended or as if suspended : sluggish, lethargic
   < he lay there dormant with his eyes closed but waiting for a chance to escape >
 c. : having growth, development, or other biological activity suspended; especially : being in a state of suspended animation (as in hibernation)
  < when the surrounding water gets too hot mollusks become dormant >
 d.
  (1) : resting, inactive — used of buds or other plant parts
  (2) : associated with, carried out, or applied during dormancy
   < dormant grafting >
   < a 5-percent dormant oil is used to control fruit-tree leaf roller >
 e. of a volcano : passing a considerable period in a state of repose yet still eruptive
3.
 a. archaic : written with name or particulars blank to be filled in when put to use
 b. : of no effect or unevoked or unenforced during an interval of time
  < reviving a long-dormant statute >
 c. : vacant or neglected by the rightful holder yet heritable
  < a peerage said to be dormant >
4. : temporarily devoid of discernible activity, energy, power, or effect:
 a. : existing in latent form or in a minimum degree but capable of bursting into full activity
  < it seemed to him that crime was a seed in the whole of humanity … it lay dormant everywhere — Ben Hecht >
  < that native musical talent lay dormant in the mountain folk >
  < feeling between the two girls which had for some time been reasonably dormant flared up again — Ernest Beaglehole >
  < thoughts lie dormant for ages; and then, almost suddenly as it were, mankind finds that they have embodied themselves in institutions — A.N.Whitehead >
 b. : waiting only to be called into play
  < his imaginative powers will for the most part lie dormant — C.S.Kilby >
  < which power can never be exercised by the people themselves but must be placed in the hands of agents or lie dormant — John Marshall >
 c. : having natural or normal functions suspended yet capable of resumption
  < the Church of England was, indeed, if anything more dormant than the Catholic Church in France — Stringfellow Barr >
  < a dormant corporation >
 d.
  (1) : marked by or giving an appearance of inactivity or stagnation : slow-moving : drowsy
   < the mouse-chewed papers of an old family in a dormant English hamlet — R.D.Altick >
  (2) : tending to stagnate socially, intellectually, or artistically : failing to make strides : unprogressive
   < where science had been dormant since the days of Kepler — S.F.Mason >
5. : neglected or allowed to lapse into disregard or obscurity yet revocable or revivable
 < the controversy lay dormant through 1873 and 1874 and might have expired altogether — J.A.Cassidy >
6. : discarded or unused but of potential utility
 < methods of salvaging dormant metals in the printing industry >
7. of stock : moving imperceptibly in the market
8. of a period of time : marked by suspension of activity : covering the extent of dormancy
 < war all over again after five dormant years — Robert Sherrod >
Synonyms: see latent, prone
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