dormant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dor·mant BrE [ˈdɔːmənt] NAmE [ˈdɔːrmənt] adjective
not active or growing now but able to become active or to grow in the future
Syn: ↑inactive
•a dormant volcano
•During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.
Opp: ↑active
Derived Word: ↑dormancy

Word Origin:
[dormancy dormant] late Middle English (in the senses ‘fixed in position’ and ‘latent’): from Old French, ‘sleeping’, present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire ‘to sleep’.

Example Bank:
•The seeds may lie dormant for hundreds of years.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  abeyant, dormant(ip), sleeping, inactive, hibernating(a), torpid