粵

冬dung1眠min4

dung1 min4dōng mián

English

  1. to hibernate
  2. hibernation
  3. to hibernate ----
  4. to have a long sleep

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指有啲動物喺冬天將生命活動減到最少,降低體温,近乎昏睡,以適應低温同食物不足嘅環境
  2. 引指一段好長時間嘅睡眠

Examples

  • 乳酸菌係幾頑強嘅細菌,就算凍咗,佢哋都只係冬眠,一解凍就可以復活得。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 「好凍。咁凍嘅時候,你就想冬眠。」「好啦,凍嘅時候我會更加興奮。我寧願瞓成個夏天。」

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 幾日冇唞過,我係時候冬眠下喇。唔好嘈住我呀。

    It's time for me to have a long sleep after days of hard work. Don't disturb me!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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