dor·mant
adjective/ˈdɔːmənt/
/ˈdɔːrmənt/
- not active or growing now but able to become active or to grow in the future
休眠的；蛰伏的；暂停活动的 - a dormant volcano
休眠火山 - During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.
冬天，种子在土壤中休眠。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDormant is used with these nouns:- volcano
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘fixed in position’ and ‘latent’): from Old French, ‘sleeping’, present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire ‘to sleep’. - a dormant volcano