dormancy ['dɔ:mənsɪ]

例句:

• During dormancy the plants must be kept very dry.
  在休眠期，植物必须保持非常干燥。
  
• It may also come to the point of virtual dormancy.
  它也可以达到实际上的潜伏状态.
  
• It affects tuberization, leaf senescence, and dormancy.
  它影响块茎形成 、 叶子衰老和休眠.
  
• There are three dormancy phases in a plant's cycle: early rest, winter rest and after rest.
  来自BBC
• In the after rest period, certain plants require a certain amount of 'frost units' to break dormancy.
  来自BBC
• Chitting breaks the dormancy cycle of the potatoes, allowing a growing shoot to emerge from the eyes of the spud.
  来自BBC