aestivation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation. countable,uncountable
  2. The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration. countable,uncountable
  3. The spending or passing of a summer. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — On the Vnder Story, tovvards the Garden, Let it be turned to a Grotta, or Place of Shade, or Eſtiuation.

词形变化

aestivations plural æstivation alternative estivation alternative

词汇关系

相关词
aestivate

词源

Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
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