dormancy 音标拼音: [d'ɔrmənsi]
n . 睡眠,冬眠,潜伏
睡眠,冬眠,潜伏
dormancy n 1 :
a state of quiet (
but possibly temporary )
inaction ; "
the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy " [
synonym :
{
dormancy }, {
quiescence }, {
quiescency }]
2 :
quiet and inactive restfulness [
synonym : {
quiescence },
{
quiescency }, {
dormancy }, {
sleeping }]
Dormancy \
Dor "
man *
cy \,
n . [
From {
Dormant }.]
The state of being dormant ;
quiescence ;
abeyance .
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1913 Webster ]
Dormancy \
Dor "
man *
cy \,
n . [
From {
Dormant }.]
The state of being dormant ;
quiescence ;
abeyance .
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1913 Webster ]
It is by lying dormant a long time ,
or being . . .
very rarely exercised ,
that arbitrary power steals upon a people . --
Burke .
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2 . (
Her .)
In a sleeping posture ;
as ,
a lion dormant ; --
distinguished from {
couchant }.
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{
Dormant partner } (
Com .),
a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership ,
but is entitled to a share of the profits ,
and subject to a share in losses ; --
called also {
sleeping partner }
or {
silent partner }.
{
Dormant window } (
Arch .),
a dormer window .
See {
Dormer }.
{
Table dormant },
a stationary table . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dormancy ":
a wise passiveness ,
abeyance ,
apathy ,
catalepsy ,
catatonia ,
cold storage ,
contemplation ,
contemplative life ,
deadliness ,
deathliness ,
delitescence ,
do -
nothing policy ,
do -
nothingism ,
do -
nothingness ,
doldrums ,
entropy ,
hibernation ,
idleness ,
immobility ,
inaction ,
inactiveness ,
inactivity ,
indifference ,
indolence ,
inertia ,
inertness ,
intermission ,
interruption ,
laissez -
aller ,
laissez -
faire ,
laissez -
faireism ,
languor ,
latency ,
latent content ,
latent meaningfulness ,
latentness ,
lotus -
eating ,
lull ,
meditation ,
motionlessness ,
neutralism ,
neutrality ,
neutralness ,
noninvolvement ,
nonparticipation ,
nonresistance ,
nonviolence ,
nonviolent resistance ,
pacifism ,
paralysis ,
passive resistance ,
passive self -
annihilation ,
passiveness ,
passivism ,
passivity ,
policy ,
possibility ,
potentiality ,
procrastination ,
quiescence ,
quiescency ,
quietism ,
stagnancy ,
stagnation ,
standpattism ,
stasis ,
suspense ,
suspension ,
torpor ,
underactivity ,
vegetation ,
virtuality ,
vis inertiae ,
vita contemplativa ,
waiting game ,
watching and waiting
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