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hibernation

[,haɪbɚ'neʃən]

解释

n. 冬眠；过冬；避寒

※ 提供单词"hibernation"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

hibernation 冬眠，蛰伏

来自hibernate,冬眠，蛰伏。

英文词源

hibernation (n.): 1660s, from Latin hibernationem (nominative hibernatio) "the action of passing the winter," noun of action from past participle stem of hibernare "to winter, pass the winter, occupy winter quarters;" related to hiems "winter," from PIE *gheim- "snow, winter" (cognates: Sanskrit heman "in winter," Hittite gimmanza, Greek kheima, Old Church Slavonic zima, Lithuanian žiema "winter").

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例句和用法

1. Bears wake up in the spring after a winter of hibernation.: 熊经过一个冬天的冬眠后在春季苏醒.

2. At the first cold of autumn, many insects go into hibernation.: 入秋第一阵寒潮刚到, 许多昆虫就进入了冬眠.

3. The tortoise spends the winter months in hibernation.: 乌龟在冬眠中度过寒冬季节.

4. Hibernation is more than sleep.: 冬眠不是一般的睡眠.

5. But this spring occupants of the spider motels awakened from hibernation healthy and ravenous.: 然而今春蜘蛛旅馆的客人们从冬眠中醒来时却健康而且饥肠辘辘.