torpor

英 [ˈtɔː.pər]      美 [ˈtɔːr.pɚ]
  • n. 不活泼;麻木;懒散,迟缓
星级词汇:
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torpor---"太婆"---(老年人嘛)有气无力的
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.

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-).
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.

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