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hibernate

🇬🇧 UK/'haibәneit/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To spend winter in a dormant state with very low body temperature and metabolism; to be inactive or secluded.

冬眠；蛰伏

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
hiberroot
+
nateto make, having
=hibernate

Common Collocations

  • 1.hibernate during winter冬眠度过冬季
  • 2.begin hibernating开始冬眠

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Bears hibernate during the cold winter months.

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