“æstivate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

æstivate

释义

æstivate, v.|ˈɛstɪveɪt, ˈiːstɪveɪt|
Also estivate.
[f. L. æstīvāt- ppl. stem of æstīvā-re to reside during the summer; f. æstīv-us: see æstive. Cf. Fr. estiver (16th c.).]
To spend the summer. esp. in Zool. To pass the summer in a state of torpor or suspended animation. (Cf. hibernate.)
1626Cockeram, Aestiuate, to summer in a place.1742Bailey, æstivate, to sojourn or lodge in a Place in Summertime.1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 49 The mollusca..æ stivate, or fall into a summer sleep, when the heat is great.1882Pall Mall G. 1 Feb. 5 The snails of the equatorial region, though they do not hibernate, yet æstivate (if we may coin a word).

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