torpor
英['t??p?]
美['t?rp?]
- n. 不活潑；麻木；懶散，遲緩
助記提示
torpor---"太婆"---（老年人嘛）有氣無力的
中文詞源
torpor 懶散，無力
來自拉丁語 torpere,使麻木，使遲鈍，來自 PIE*ster,僵硬，固化，詞源同 sterile,stereotype.
英文詞源
- 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-).
雙語例句
- 1. In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
- 炎熱的天氣使得他們委靡不振。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. He fell into a deep torpor.
- 他一下子進入了深度麻痹狀態.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him.
- 他陷入麻木狀態，任何事都不能令他振奮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
- 病人逐漸變得萎靡。
來自辭典例句
- 5. She must rouse herself from the torpor of mind and body.
- 她精神和肉體都已疲乏,現在必須振作起來了.
來自辭典例句