torpor

英 [ˈtɔːpə(r)]

美 [ˈtɔːrpər]

n.  迟钝; 死气沉沉; 懒散

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BNC.22749 / COCA.27731

牛津词典

noun

• 迟钝；死气沉沉；懒散
  the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm
  1. In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.
     炎热的天气使得他们委靡不振。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 麻木;迟钝;懒散
  Torporis the state of being completely inactive mentally or physically, for example because of illness or laziness.
  1. 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。
  2. The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
     病人逐渐变得萎靡。

英英释义

noun

• inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
  Synonym:listlessnesstorpiditytorpidness
• a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
  1. he fell into a deep torpor
  Synonym:torpidity

双语例句

• How long I was sunk in this torpor I cannot estimate;
  我沉迷在这种昏睡中有多少时候，那我不能估计；
• But for many, America's south-east Asia policy has been in a torpor for almost two decades.
  但在许多人看来，近20年来美国的东南亚政策一直处在冬眠之中。
• Hibernating bats will warm themselves out of torpor every week or two throughout the winter, for several hours at a stretch.
  冬眠中的蝙蝠每隔一到两周，会醒过来几个小时。
• 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。
• Land reform shattered the seemingly immortal torpor of the peasant in two revolutionary ways, the one spiritual, the other material, the one acting from within, the other from without.
  土地革命从两个方面打破了中国农民似乎是千古不变的蛰伏状态，一方面是精神的，另一方面是物质的；
• The traditional mechanisms in stimulation and restraint, which are main characters by the static and stage evaluation have become torpor and awkwardness.
  传统的以静态或阶段考评为主的激励约束机制在这方面已显得呆滞，力不从心。
• The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
  病人逐渐变得萎靡。
• And torpor and deadlock at the UN will cast a shadow over all other international negotiations& for example over nuclear non-proliferation.
  而联合国的僵滞又会耽误核不扩散等其他国际会谈的进程。
• A state of dormancy or torpor during the summer. Cyst A thick-walled resting spore.
  夏眠在夏天处于睡眠状态休眠孢：厚壁的具有休眠功能的孢子。
• A state of dormancy or torpor during the summer.
  夏眠在夏天处于睡眠状态。