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torpor是什么意思

torpor

英 ['tɔːpə] 美 ['tɔrpɚ]
  • n. 不活泼;麻木;懒散,迟缓

torpor 助记提示


torpor---"太婆"---(老年人嘛)有气无力的

torpor 中文词源


torpor 懒散,无力

来自拉丁语 torpere,使麻木,使迟钝,来自 PIE*ster,僵硬,固化,词源同 sterile,stereotype.

torpor 英文词源


torpor (n.)
"lethargy, listlessness," c. 1600, from Latin torpor "numbness, sluggishness," from torpere "be numb, be inactive, be dull," from PIE root *ster- (1) "stiff, rigid, firm, strong" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic trupeti, Lithuanian tirpstu "to become rigid;" Greek stereos "solid;" Old English steorfan "to die;" see stereo-).

torpor 双语例句


1. In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
炎热的天气使得他们委靡不振。

来自《权威词典》

2. He fell into a deep torpor.
他一下子进入了深度麻痹状态.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him.
他陷入麻木状态,任何事都不能令他振奋。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
病人逐渐变得萎靡。

来自辞典例句

5. She must rouse herself from the torpor of mind and body.
她精神和肉体都已疲乏,现在必须振作起来了.

来自辞典例句

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