torpor
英 ['tɔːpə]
美 ['tɔrpɚ]
GRE TOEFL
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。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He fell into a deep torpor.
- 他一下子进入了深度麻痹状态.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
- 病人逐渐变得萎靡。
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句
