semi-hibernation

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of reduced power consumption, and metabolic activity in animals during winter, but to a lesser degree than true hibernation.
    — Should a warm day soon follow this untoward excitement, the after effects are to a certain extent modified, as a good cleansing flight can be taken; but when the cold still continues, the bees never again being able to regain their former state of semi-hibernation, drag out their existence wandering aimlessly about, and die at a rapid rate each day adding to the accumulating filth of the hive.

词形变化

semi-hibernations plural

词源

From semi- + hibernation.
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