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torpor

英 ['tɔːpə] 美 ['tɔrpɚ]

解释

n. 不活泼；麻木；懒散，迟缓

※ 提供单词"torpor"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

torpor 懒散，无力

来自拉丁语 torpere,使麻木，使迟钝，来自 PIE*ster,僵硬，固化，词源同 sterile,stereotype.

英文词源

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-).

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例句和用法

1. In the heat they sank into a state of torpor.: 炎热的天气使得他们委靡不振。

2. He fell into a deep torpor.: 他一下子进入了深度麻痹状态.

3. 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。

4. The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.: 病人逐渐变得萎靡。

5. 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.