| 单词 | 冬眠 |
| 释义 | 〔woodchuck〕The woodchuck goes by several names in the United States.The most famous of these isgroundhog, under which name all the legends about the animal's hibernation have accrued.In the Appalachian Mountains the woodchuck is known as awhistle pig. The wordwoodchuck is probably a folk etymology of a New England Algonquian word—that is, English-speaking settlers "translated" the Indian word into a compound of two words that made sense to them in light of the animal's habitat.土拨鼠在美国有好几个名字。最有名的是groundhog， 在这个名字中关于动物冬眠的传奇已经出现了。在阿巴拉契亚山脉，土拨鼠被认作whistle pig 。 woodchuck 这个词可能是新英格兰阿尔贡金语中民间起源的语汇──就是说， 讲英语的殖民者的把这个印度语单词根据这种动物的习性“翻”成了两个字的合成词，以使其有意义〔torpor〕The dormant, inactive state of a hibernating or estivating animal.蛰伏：冬眠或夏蛰动物所处的休眠，迟缓状态〔dormouse〕of Anglo-Norman dormeus [inclined to sleep, hibernating] 英法语 dormeus的变化 [欲睡的，冬眠的] 〔hibernate〕To pass the winter in a dormant or torpid state.冬眠：在蛰伏的或昏睡的状态中过冬〔torpid〕Dormant; hibernating.处于睡眠状态的；冬眠的〔lethargy〕 Torpor andtorpidity suggest the suspension of activity characteristic of an animal in hibernation; they imply lethargy or inertia: Torpor 和torpidity 都表示处于冬眠状态的动物的活力特征的暂停； 他们都含有无精打采或迟钝的意思： 〔wake〕Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.熊在春天、夏天和秋天保持清醒，在冬季冬眠〔sleep〕A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep, unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.不活动，无意识状态：不活动的状态，类似或使人想到睡眠、无意识、休眠、冬眠或死亡〔intrigue〕Hibernation has long intrigued biologists.冬眠长期以来一直引起生物学家的兴趣〔hibernaculum〕A protective case, covering, or structure, such as a plant bud, in which an organism remains dormant for the winter.离体条芽：一种保护性的外壳、表皮或结构，例如植物的芽，在其内部一个有机体处于冬眠状态〔chamaephyte〕A low-growing perennial plant whose dormant overwintering buds are borne at or just above the surface of the ground.地上芽植物：一种低矮的多年生植物，其冬眠越冬的芽长于地表或刚刚高出地面 |
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