latent 音标拼音: [l'etənt]
a . 潜伏性的,隐藏的
n . 隐约的指印
潜伏性的,隐藏的隐约的指印
latent 潜
latent adj 1 :
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized ; "
a latent fingerprint "; "
latent talent "
2 : (
pathology )
not presently active ; "
latent infection "; "
latent diabetes "
Latent \
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tent ),
a . [
L .
latens , -
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p .
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cf .
Gr .
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lethargy :
cf .
F .
latent .]
1 .
Not visible or apparent ;
hidden ;
concealed ;
secret ;
dormant ;
as ,
latent springs of action .
[
1913 Webster ]
The evils latent in the most promising contrivances are provided for as they arise . --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Med .)
Existing but not presenting symptoms ;
dormant or developing ; --
of disease ,
especially infectious diseases ;
as ,
the latent phase of an infection .
[
PJC ]
{
Latent buds } (
Bot .),
buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for a long time ,
but may eventually grow .
{
Latent heat } (
Physics ),
that quantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a body while producing some change in it other than rise of temperature ,
as fusion ,
evaporation ,
or expansion ,
the quantity being constant for each particular body and for each species of change ;
the amount of heat required to produce a change of phase .
{
Latent period }.
(
a ) (
Med .)
The regular time in which a disease is supposed to be existing without manifesting itself .
(
b ) (
Physiol .)
One of the phases in a simple muscular contraction ,
in which invisible preparatory changes are taking place in the nerve and muscle .
(
c ) (
Biol .)
One of those periods or resting stages in the development of the ovum ,
in which development is arrested prior to renewed activity .
[
1913 Webster ]
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "
latent ":
abeyant ,
abstruse ,
apathetic ,
arcane ,
beclouded ,
behind the curtain ,
behind the scenes ,
between the lines ,
blind ,
buried ,
cabalistic ,
camouflaged ,
cataleptic ,
catatonic ,
censored ,
classified ,
close ,
closed ,
clouded ,
concealed ,
covered ,
covert ,
cryptic ,
dark ,
dead ,
delitescent ,
disguised ,
dopey ,
dormant ,
dull ,
eclipsed ,
enigmatic ,
esoteric ,
flat ,
foul ,
groggy ,
heavy ,
hermetic ,
hibernating ,
hid ,
hidden ,
hush -
hush ,
idle ,
immature ,
imperceptible ,
in a cloud ,
in a fog ,
in abeyance ,
in eclipse ,
in purdah ,
in suspense ,
in the wings ,
inactive ,
incommunicado ,
indiscernible ,
inert ,
insensible ,
invisible ,
languid ,
languorous ,
leaden ,
lifeless ,
logy ,
lurking ,
muffled ,
mysterious ,
mystic ,
obfuscated ,
obscure ,
obscured ,
occult ,
out of sight ,
passive ,
phlegmatic ,
possible ,
potential ,
quiescent ,
recondite ,
restricted ,
secluded ,
secluse ,
secret ,
sedentary ,
sequestered ,
sightless ,
slack ,
sleeping ,
sluggish ,
slumbering ,
smoldering ,
smothered ,
stagnant ,
standing ,
static ,
stifled ,
submerged ,
suppressed ,
suspended ,
tame ,
top secret ,
torpid ,
ulterior ,
unapparent ,
unaroused ,
unbeheld ,
unbeholdable ,
unbreatheable ,
under an eclipse ,
under cover ,
under house arrest ,
under security ,
under the surface ,
under wraps ,
underground ,
underlying ,
undiscernible ,
undisclosable ,
undisclosed ,
undivulgable ,
undivulged ,
unknown ,
unmanifested ,
unmatured ,
unnoticed ,
unobserved ,
unperceivable ,
unperceived ,
unrealized ,
unrevealable ,
unrevealed ,
unripe ,
unseeable ,
unseen ,
unspoken ,
untellable ,
untold ,
unutterable ,
unuttered ,
unviewed ,
unwhisperable ,
unwitnessed ,
veiled ,
viewless ,
virtual ,
wrapped in clouds
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