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quiescence

/kwee-es-uhnt, kwahy-/US // kwiˈɛs ənt, kwaɪ- //UK // (kwɪˈɛsənt) //

静止状态,静止,静止期,静默

Related Words

asleep睡觉,睡眠,睡着了,睡觉的时候dormant休眠状态,休眠,休眠期,休眠的fallow休耕,休耕期,休耕地,休牧idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的immobile不动的,不动,不移动,不流动inert惰性,惰性的,惰性气体,懒惰inoperative失效,无法操作,失效的,失灵latent潜在的,潜伏的,潜伏,潜在motionless不动声色,一动不动,无动于衷,一动不动的passive被动的,被动,被动式,被动型quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静stagnant停滞不前,停滞不前的,停滞,停顿still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧at rest静止时,静止的时候,休息时,静止deactivated已停用,停用的,停用,已停用的slumbering沉睡的,沉睡的人,沉睡中的,沉睡的时候

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrepose
Synonyms
calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来dormancy休眠,休眠期,休眠症,休眠状态inaction不作为,无作为,无为,不行动inactivity不活泼,不活动,不活跃,不活跃性quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静rest休息时间,休息,休息时,休息区

Examples

  • Rapture was self-transcending, which led to quiescence, tranquility, and catharsis.

  • During that period, there were long pauses and periods of quiescence that could lead one to believe that the revolt had subsided.

  • That quiescence possesses neither of the features which together constitute an act an offering of genuine obedience.

  • The royal speech had announced that tranquillity prevailed in Ireland; but yet that country was not in a state of quiescence.

  • A reparative period of about four days follows, and then a period of quiescence until the next menstruation commences.

  • These, I think, were her two chief pleasures, beyond that of mere quiescence.

  • The foolish quiescence into which the shock had at first stunned him began to give way to a rising passion that thawed his heart.

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