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

• And no new Japanese leader for the past 20 years has been capable of shaking the country out of its economic torpor.
  而在过去20年间，也没有哪任日本领导人能够拯救这个国家的经济于萎靡之中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 comatose torpor.
  昏睡无感觉的一种状态。
• After the busy Christmas period he was glad to sink back into his customary torpor.
  圣诞节忙乎了一阵之后，他很高兴又重新回复到那种惯常的清静无为状态。
• The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
  病人逐渐变得萎靡。
• Cried Andrea, who seemed roused from the torpor in which he had been plunged.
  安德烈喊道，他似乎已从先前的麻痹状态中醒了过来了。
• 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；
• He fell into a deep torpor.
  他一下子进入了深度麻痹状态。