aestivation

英式音标：[ˌestɪ'veɪʃən]

美式音标：[ˌestə'veɪʃən]

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词义：

n.

夏眠，度夏；夏蛰；

英英释义

aestivation[ ,i:sti'veiʃən ]

n.

(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period

同义词：estivation

(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

同义词：estivation

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

A farther investment in the distinguishment of A. japonicus was needed in different phases of aestivation.
对于不同夏眠阶段刺参消化道的区别有待于进一步研究。

权威例句

Aestivation

Aestivation

Aestivation in the cactus mouse, Peromyscus eremicus

Aestivation of the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae in the Sahel.

Aestivation of the African lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus: cardiovascular and respiratory functions

Terrestrial Movements in Relation to Aestivation and the Annual Reproductive Cycle of Kinosternon leucostomum

Antioxidant enzymes in sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka) during aestivation

Metabolic characteristics of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka) during aestivation

Arousal and re-feeding rapidly restores digestive tract morphology following aestivation in green-striped burrowing frogs.

Growth and physiological responses in the sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus Selenka: Aestivation and temperature

同根词：aestivate