torpor

英式音标：[ˈtɔ:pə(r)]

美式音标：[ˈtɔrpə(r)]

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概况：

n. 不活泼；麻木；懒散，迟缓

词义：

n.

麻木；麻痹；迟钝；（动物的）冬眠

英英释义

torpor[ 'tɔ:pə ]

n.

a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

"he fell into a deep torpor"

同义词：torpidity

inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

同义词：listlessnesstorpiditytorpidness

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The shock of the icy air ended Claire's torpor.
一种冰凉的寒风使克莱尔从麻木状况中恢复过来。

Now its torpor may remain undisturbed.
如今，这片宁静将不会被打扰了。

Then Marguerite lapsed into a sort of torpor.
接着玛格丽特迷迷糊糊睡着了。

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

Unlike torpor, diapause is a long-term state of suspension.
滞育和冬眠不一样，是一种长期的休眠状态。

权威例句

Torpor Duration in Relation to Temperature and Metabolism in Hibernating Ground Squirrels

Influence of torpor on milk protein composition and secretion in lactating bats.

Torpor, arousal and activity of hibernating Greater Horseshoe Bats ( Rhinolophus ferrumequinum )

Energetic and field aspects of mammalian torpor: The Richardson's ground squirrel

Heterothermy and the Use of Torpor by the Bat Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): A Field Study

Sexual differences in over-winter torpor patterns of Richardson's ground squirrels in natural hibernacula

Hibernation versus Daily Torpor in Mammals and Birds: Physiological Variables and Classification of Torpor Patterns

Ecological Energetics of the Puerto Rican Tody: Heterothermy, Torpor, and Intra-Island Variation

Radiant heat affects thermoregulation and energy expenditure during rewarming from torpor

Protein SUMOylation is massively increased in hibernation torpor and is critical for the cytoprotection provided by ischemic precond...

同义词：numbness,anesthesia

同根词：torpidness,torpidity,torpid

英语词源：

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-).

造句：

1. he fell into a deep torpor.

他一下子进入了深度麻痹状态。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. The only disabilities-it would be too harsh to call them sins-were torpor, incuriosity, or some excess of temperament, such as sensuality.

绝无仅有的无能之辈--斥之为罪人似嫌过严--是麻木不仁者，或耽于声色，放浪形骸之徒。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. a state of comatose torpor.

昏睡无感觉的一种状态。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

5. He had awakened from his torpor altogether off his head, and was inclined to be violent, babbling incessantly about some boat-race on the Cam.

他已从昏迷状态中醒了过来，但神志不清，脾气暴躁，不断地念叨什么在剑河上赛船的事情。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. a slumberous torpor.

睡着了似的麻木

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

7. It was some time before he could get into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor.

他过了好久才能参加日常的闲谈，才明白在他睡着时所发生的奇奇怪怪的事情。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. A state of dormancy or torpor during the summer.

夏眠在夏天处于睡眠状态

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. She was the only one of the family who could rouse the old man from the torpor in which he seemed to live.

他似乎生活在一种麻木不仁的状态中，而安东妮亚是他家中唯一能把这个老头从麻木中唤醒的一个。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. a state of torpor induced by the tropical heat

热带的炎热气候引起的懒散.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考