1. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;

   "dormant buds"
   "a hibernating bear"
   "torpid frogs"
   

2. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ;

   "a dormant volcano"
   

3. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

4. inactive but capable of becoming active;

   "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
   

1.暂停活动的;暂搁不用的;休眠的;蛰伏的
Something that isdormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on.

dormant

e.g. ...when the longdormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980...
当长期休眠的圣海伦斯火山在 1980 年爆发时
e.g. The virus remainsdormant in nerve tissue until activated...
病毒潜伏于神经组织里直到被激活。

1. 暂停活动的;潜在的;睡着的：prejudice 损害;偏见 |dormant 暂停活动的;潜在的;睡着的 | serve 有作用

2. 匿名或不活动：dividend 股息 |dormant 匿名或不活动 | drawee 受票人

3. 睡眠状态的, 静止的, 隐匿的：macrology 烦冗 烦冗的语句 |dormant 睡眠状态的, 静止的, 隐匿的 | unfatherly 不像父亲的,有失父亲身份的,严厉的,残酷的