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.
实用例句
1. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.
病毒潜伏于神经组织里直到被激活。
来自柯林斯例句
2. During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.
冬天种子在土壤中休眠。
来自《权威词典》
3. Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.
在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. Many living things are dormant in winter.
很多生物到了冬季都休眠.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.
