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dormant

adjective
🔊/ˈdɔːmənt/
🔊/ˈdɔːrmənt/
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  1. not active or growing now but able to become active or to grow in the future休眠的；蛰伏的；暂停活动的 synonym inactive
    • a dormant volcano休眠火山
    • During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.冬天，种子在土壤中休眠。🔊🔊
    opposite active
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDormant is used with these nouns:
    • volcano
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘fixed in position’ and ‘latent’): from Old French, ‘sleeping’, present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire ‘to sleep’.