English Dictionary

dormant

/ˈdɔɹmənt/

adj

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended. / (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant. / (architecture) Leaning.

The volcano has been dormant for centuries.

意味（1）

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

意味（2）

(heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

a lion dormant

意味（3）

(architecture) Leaning.