1660s, from Latin hibernationem (nominative hibernatio) "the action of passing the winter," noun of action from past participle stem of hibernare "to winter, pass the winter, occupy winter quarters;" related to hiems "winter," from PIE *gheim- "snow, winter" (cognates: Sanskrit heman "in winter," Hittite gimmanza, Greek kheima, Old Church Slavonic zima, Lithuanian ?iema "winter").
雙語例句
1. Bears wake up in the spring after a winter of hibernation.
熊經(jīng)過一個冬天的冬眠后在春季蘇醒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. At the first cold of autumn, many insects go into hibernation.
入秋第一陣寒潮剛到, 許多昆蟲就進(jìn)入了冬眠.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The tortoise spends the winter months in hibernation.
烏龜在冬眠中度過寒冬季節(jié).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Hibernation is more than sleep.
冬眠不是一般的睡眠.
來自辭典例句
5. But this spring occupants of the spider motels awakened from hibernation healthy and ravenous.