suspended animation

1. N-UNCOUNT Suspended animation is a state in which an animal is unconscious, with its body functioning very slowly, for example so that the animal can survive the winter. 蟄伏狀態(tài); 冬眠

2. N-UNCOUNT If you describe someone as being in a state of suspended animation, you mean that they have become inactive and are doing nothing. 一動(dòng)不動(dòng); 無(wú)生機(jī)

She lay in a state of suspended animation, waiting for dawnlight, when she would rise. 她躺著一動(dòng)不動(dòng)，等待著黎明到來(lái)后起床。