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

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。
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。
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。
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 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。
The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
病人逐渐变得萎靡。
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。
A state of comatose torpor.
昏睡无感觉的一种状态。
In torpor, bats become one with their wintry surroundings, their body temperatures falling to just above freezing, their heart rates slowing to one or two beats a minute, their breathing virtually undetectable.
冬眠的蝙蝠会和周遭的冬日环境融为一体，体温降低至略微高于冰点，心率只有每分钟一到两次，呼吸几乎感觉不到。
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；