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torpid
/ ˈtɔːpɪd /
/ ˈtɔːrpɪd /
  • 简明
  • 柯林斯
  • adj.迟钝的,迟缓的;不活泼的;麻痹的;[生物] 蛰伏的
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  • 1

     呆板的

    ... temple 寺庙 torpid 呆板的 torpify 使麻木;使迟钝 ...

  • 2

     迟缓的

    ... sodden adj浸透的;湿涨的 torpid adj 迟缓的;呆钝的;不活泼的;懒散的 ;(动物冬眠)蛰伏的 torrid 酷热的 ...

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  • 双语例句
  • 权威例句
  • 1
    After a long sleep, he still felt torpid.
    长睡一觉后他仍然觉得有气无力。
  • 2
    Keep on idling like this, and you will surely become torpid .
    如果你继续这样懒下去,你的脑子一定会生锈的。
  • 3
    He just walked and his mind drifted slowly like a torpid stream.
    他只是埋头走,脑袋里思想都凝滞了,有如一汪流不动的溪水。
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  • 词源
  • adj.

    迟钝的,迟缓的;不活泼的;麻痹的;[生物]蛰伏的

    slow  /  obtuse

  • 百科
  • Torpid

    Torpor is a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually by a reduced body temperature and metabolic rate. Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability. A torpor bout can refer to the period of time a hibernator spends at low body temperature, lasting days to weeks, or it can refer to a period of low body temperature and metabolism lasting less than 24 hours, as in "daily torpor".Animals that undergo daily torpor include birds (even tiny hummingbirds, notably Cypselomorphae) and some mammals, including many marsupial species, rodent species, such as mice, and bats. During the active part of their day, such animals maintain normal body temperature and activity levels, but their metabolic rate and body temperature drops during a portion of the day (usually night) to conserve energy. Torpor is often used to help animals survive during periods of colder temperatures, as it allows them to save the energy that would normally be used to maintain a high body temperature.Some animals seasonally go into long periods of inactivity, with reduced body temperature and metabolism, made up of multiple torpor bouts known as hibernation if it occurs during winter, or aestivation if it occurs during the summer. Daily torpor, on the other hand, is not seasonally dependent and can be an important part of energy conservation at any time of year.Torpor is a well controlled thermoregulatory process and not, as previously thought, the result of switching off thermoregulation. Marsupial torpor differs from non-marsupial mammalian (Eutherial) torpor in the characteristics of arousal. Eutherial arousal relies on a heat-producing brown adipose tissue as a mechanism to accelerate rewarming. The mechanism of marsupial arousal is unknown, but appears not to rely on brown adipose tissue.

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