quiescent
adjective /kwiˈesnt/
/kwiˈesnt/
- (formal) quiet; not active
沉寂的;静态的 - (medical
) (of a disease, etc.医学 ) not developing, especially when this is probably only a temporary state疾病等 synonym dormant静止的
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin quiescent- ‘being still’, from the verb quiescere, from quies ‘quiet’.