torpid

/'tɒ:pid/

BNC频率: 35344

现代语料频率: 32220

托福 GRE

中文翻译

a. 麻痹的, 迟缓的, 迟钝的, 蛰伏的

[医] 迟钝的, 不活泼的, 缓慢的

英文解释

s slow and apathetic

s in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

常见例句

n small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter n

a torpid state resembling deep sleep n

n a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended n a torpid state resembling deep sleep n a period of time spent sleeping n euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) v be asleep v be able to accommodate for sleeping