| 单词 | torpidity |
| 例句 | In the late 1940s, he became the first naturalist to observe “profound torpidity” — a state like hibernation — in birds while studying the poorwill in the Chuckwalla Mountains southeast of Desert Center. 6 stops on your California desert literary road trip (dinosaurs included) 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z After the torpidity of the Eisenhower years, Kennedy made the office more youthful and glamorous. How will history judge President Trump? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Visually, her inky lines and warm colors evoke the heat and torpidity of Greer’s tropical pregnancy in all its beauty and frustration. The 10 best comics of 2017 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z So over the weekend I installed the app and let torpidity reign. Testing Favor: app aims to bring users whatever they need – but does it deliver? 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z “We have gone through a very long period of diplomatic stagnation, torpidity and rigidity.” Egyptian President Seeks Regional Initiative for Syria Peace 2012-08-26T23:48:44Z Thus the animal-life at Montevideo remained dormant at a temperature which roused that at Bahia Blanca from its torpidity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; Ð opposed to hibernation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Moses and Elias appeared on the mount of transfiguration in a state far from torpidity. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z During the winter, it lies imbedded in moss, or dried leaves, in a state of torpidity. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z It has been induced by their torpidity and ignorance. John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z Poverty begetting despair, and despair destroying hope, the incentive to action, the powers of genius sunk into the torpidity of stupefaction, and the strength of a lion slumbered in the inactivity of a sloth. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z And as uncommon pain kills itself and ends in torpidity, so he became torpid at last. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z No mention is made of Purgatory or torpidity. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z My friend Joseph Cowen, who from his youth had regarded me as a chartered disturber of the unreasoning torpidity of the public conscience, described me as an agitator. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z And then he went on in a dilatation on the dumbness of Nature during the season’s suspension and torpidity.’ Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z A sharp observer, however, would have seen that it was not mere torpidity which made the headman sit so quietly. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z These remarks were penned at a time when hibernation in a state of torpidity was thoroughly believed in—an idea of which even Gilbert White a hundred years later could not thoroughly divest himself. Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes 2011-04-18T02:00:11.353Z Dormant State, a state of torpidity in which certain animals pass a portion of the year. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z He complained that day of dizziness, and torpidity of his right side; he attributed the feeling to rheumatism, with which he was sometimes affected. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Dr. Livingstone states that the Bushmen take advantage of the torpidity of the lion after a full meal to surprise him in his slumbers. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z As it was, I felt like one slowly recovering from a state of torpidity—from an ill-digested dream! The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z A strange sense of torpidity and madness passed along his nerves—it was the confused energy of an active soul, struggling with the numbedness of exhausted nature. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 This torpidity was not born of drunkenness but despair. The Tempering It has been used in functional torpidity of the kidney. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" England's lack of means, the demoralization following the Wars of the Roses, and religious dissensions were the chief causes of her torpidity then. The Spanish Pioneers If they fail in finding water, they are said to burrow in the still soft mud, and pass the dry season in torpidity like the Lepidosiren. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series This abrupt evolution aroused the cameleers from their sullen torpidity; they grumbled bitterly, and directed fierce glances against us, as they exerted themselves to restore the procession to its proper line. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Is there not some danger, we ask, that the mind will be benumbed into perpetual torpidity by the influence of this soporific sapience? Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) From sluggishness and torpidity of thought and action, he rose suddenly into tremendous activity. Carmen Ariza Some subtle chemical constituent then produced the state of torpidity during which the advance and the budding of the monsters was stayed. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 We do not know what conditions, what natural provisions precede torpidity and are essential to it; but possibly there are some, which in these cases were compulsorily precluded by human interference. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series It seems to me that the effect is here taken for the cause, and that the falling off of feathers and torpidity must be the result rather than the motive of cloistration. The Industries of Animals I don't say these men are unhappy, but unless they develop a hobby, torpidity is bound to settle like a mist upon their brains. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Nature changed her garb with monotonous regularity; the drowsing children of this tropic region passed their days in dull torpidity; Josè saw nothing of it all. Carmen Ariza Perhaps, after all, they are difficult in their torpidity. Imaginary Interviews Or is there some other cause of torpidity besides mere cold? The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Now you see only torpidity and flabbiness, you hear only the trivial, the rhythmically inaccurate, and the melodiously trite. On the Future of our Educational Institutions It was short, sharp, quick, and clear; and so loud as to startle even Snowball from his torpidity. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea There have been related instances of snails, which have recovered life and motion on being put into water after having experienced many years of torpidity, or apparent death, in the cabinets of the curious. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Fleas can live some time under water; which I have often thought only makes them bite the harder and stick the closer, when reanimated from their temporary torpidity. Anecdotes of Dogs We may safely dismiss the notion of submersion till better authenticated; but that of torpidity is still open to examination. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Uses: Valuable in liver complaint, torpidity of the liver, and as an alterative to act on the secretions of the system generally. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Fanfar was alive, but he would certainly be killed now, as his torpidity was so great that he would not utter a cry or a groan until the instruments touched some vital organ. The Son of Monte-Cristo The Black Swan is a powerful story, although I must honestly say that it displays in its central incident a certain torpidity that to me is painful. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti And although she had announced the torpidity of her nerves, her hands clenched and her voice shook slightly. Black Oxen Mr Smith's hypothesis, that they are "probably hybernating for the winter," will not account for their torpidity in June and July. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series Herr Carovius, awakening from his torpidity, saw that it was high time to make some effort to escape. The Goose Man Through the cold season they lay snug in their houses—although not in a state of torpidity, as the beaver does not become torpid in winter. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness And he knew now that it was his own voice, for he was rapidly shaking off the strange feeling of mental torpidity. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites The lurking passages began to brighten with life, and where, a moment ago, was sick torpidity was now movement, clamour. Nights in London They shook off their normal and habitual torpidity, and cheerfully elbowed their neighbours, nearly tumbling down the companion-ladder in their eagerness to be first in the field. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes After a year and a half of congealed torpidity, the March wind once more began to blow in his soul. The Goose Man In this condition they pass the winter, in a state of torpidity; but it should be mentioned, that one which was tame, retained its activity the whole year. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals The extraordinary torpidity of the surrounding objects gradually affected the persons. The Nabob, Volume 1 As in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Europe arose from the torpidity of the Middle Ages, so did the eighteenth century witness a new revival from the darkness and sluggishness of Continental Protestantism. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology From this it would appear that frost killed some, which could not be subsequently revived, whereas others were only reduced to a condition of torpidity, from which there was revival on warming. Response in the Living and Non-Living Afterward he wondered at the obstinate torpidity of his mind, for not even the reference to her deliberate look and fine eyes gave him the clew. The Mayor of Warwick Do you know that you have roused the torpidity of Clarke at last? The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham As I gripped the weapon, the thing began to straighten out, coming up in the quick odd jerks with which some snakes uncoil their joints after the torpidity of winter. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country A torpidity, amounting to infatuation, seems to possess those public men who have influence both on the councils and prosperity of their country. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Every day so many hours and so much energy are required for digestion; a gross torpidity, a carnal lethargy, seizes on mortal men after dinner. Certain Personal Matters Even among the gesture-hating English, when they are aroused from torpidity of manner, the hands are involuntarily clapped in approbation, rubbed with delight, wrung in distress, raised in astonishment, and waved in triumph. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 The history of the Church in Gaul after the absorption of the Franks is not one of quickened progress but of 20crime and torpidity. Anglo-Saxon Literature A toad brought up under such peculiar circumstances might pass almost its entire life in a state of torpidity, and yet might grow and thrive in its own sleepy vegetative fashion. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Of this I shall give you a proof by the present application, which I should not make to you, if I did not know you to be superior to the torpidity of our climate. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 There is a middle between velocity and torpidity; the Italians say, it is not necessary to be a stag, but we ought not to be a tortoise. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Under its light and warmth, we wake from our torpidity and coldness, to a sense of our capabilities. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met That youthful miss in torpidity over that palimpsest of filth is what the Free Library has to show as the justification of its existence. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 But very much more—mere inertia and torpidity in mind and body, a reluctance to take stock of things, and an instinctive treading in the old paths. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments Since the terrible intelligence had reached her of what had happened on the pass she had remained in this state of insensibility, being stricken into such torpidity by the shock of the occurrence. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance When Verezzi's senses are "chilled with the frigorific torpidity of despair," his eyes "roll horribly in their sockets." The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance His dulness, torpidity and indecision, and her frivolity, narrow-minded prejudices and suspiciousness, are among the causes of our present calamities. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 His usual thoughtlessness and torpidity upon the subject of religion leaves him, and he becomes a serious and deeply-interested creature. Sermons to the Natural Man To the right is a semicircular glazed house containing many beautiful foreign birds, and two Boas, which, from their torpidity, appear nearly as harmless as their shaggy namesakes that encircle many a fair neck. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 556, July 7, 1832 But notwithstanding this torpidity, She was coming, and that day stood apart from all other days. The Precipice It was only a temporary torpidity of the nerves, which I mistook for calmness. Without Dogma Here and there a little animal lies curled up in the corner of his cage, in a state of torpidity. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828 Still he expressed no sense of pain, and probably experienced none, from the gradual operation of the fire and his own torpidity during the hours his foot was consuming. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 His words sounded like thunder to her ears: She awoke from her torpidity only to be sensible of the dangers of her situation. The Monk; a romance A strange torpidity had come over him; every rising day gazed into his eyes with a fierce unmeaning glare. Tales from Two Hemispheres This adaptability of the French mind, strange to say, is nowhere seen to greater advantage than in out-of-the-way regions, just where are mental torpidity and unbendable routine. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" That slow lump of torpidity he calls his heart can beat, I suppose, once in a quarter of a century; but it seems that nothing but a blue-eyed wax-doll can set it going. Lady Audley's Secret Life in the tropics, I take to be a placid torpidity. Prue and I Oppressed with grief, She continued for some time in this state of torpidity. The Monk; a romance Its origins are not to be found in the religious indifference and torpidity of the eighteenth century, but in the individualism and the rational temper of the men who settled Plymouth, Salem, and Boston. Unitarianism in America The former method in wise hands is the better, both as the speedier, and, considering the opiate torpidity of the intestines, by far the more certain. The Opium Habit Life in the tropics I take to be a placid torpidity. The Best American Humorous Short Stories The blockhead would be discerned by the torpidity and sluggishness of all his movements: folly sets its mark upon every gesture, and so does intellect and a studious nature. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Religion, a Dialogue, Etc. When the last rays are shedding their rich red glow over the tall black trees which hem in the village, all torpidity disappears from it. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 He read, raised his hand to his head, read again—read again, seemed to lose his eyesight, felt a sensation of cold, of torpidity spreading from his breast throughout his body. Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian Horseback riding will form another admirable means of effecting our purpose, especially where the patient suffers from more than the usual opiate torpidity of the liver. The Opium Habit He had had a dull, monotonous week, and this was the novelty that lifted life out of the torpidity into which it had fallen. Castle Craneycrow I wonder now, how long this torpidity in the psychic germ has lasted in you? Ziska It bears the first name because it always precedes the rattlesnake; that is, quits its state of torpidity in the spring a week before the other. Letters from an American Farmer Full of vegetable acids and aromatics, qualities which act as refrigerants and antiseptics, what an enemy it is to jaundice, indigestion, torpidity of liver, etc.! Winter Sunshine When the door closed behind them, the cavaliers seemed to awaken from their torpidity. Frederick the Great and His Court He drew in the horns of speculation, and went on in the old safe routine; and to the restless activity that had jeopardized the firm succeeded a strange torpidity. Foul Play Have I got to stand another month of this torpidity before I can begin to browse among the lively capitals of Europe? Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Full of vegetable acids and aromatics, qualities which act as refrigerants and antiseptics, what an enemy it is to jaundice, indigestion, torpidity of liver, etc. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Louisiana fell in, and, from a state of torpidity in which it had slumbered, the vast territory which then went by that name waked suddenly into a prodigiously active life. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Certainly, madam," said he graciously; "your daughter is labouring under a slight torpidity of the liver. Hard Cash Iron conservative, miser, or thief, no man is but by a supposed necessity which he tolerates by shortness or torpidity of sight. Essays — Second Series Finally, he lost freedom, self-confidence, and fell into perfect torpidity, from which even the news of C�sar's coming could not rouse him. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero Their torpidity, under the influence of sunshine and Mother Council, had given way to a sort of spasmodic cheerfulness, as insects in winter revive when laid on the hearth. Main-Travelled Roads Wearily the hours of mental labour and bodily torpidity which the Scotch called the Sabbath passed away, and at length the millennial morning dawned. Robert Falconer Of course there is no hybernation; nor, as the dry season is not excessive, is there any summer torpidity as in some tropical countries. The Naturalist on the River Amazons In what secret place, in what dungeon of darkness and despair, in what chains of torpidity and oblivion, have you hidden away their souls? Gala-days His strange torpidity had been the cause of some of the most serious disasters which the armies of the House of Bourbon had sustained. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Calyste, unable even to think, much less to choose a course, sat there all day in a state of complete torpidity. Beatrix The period, however, is not one of general torpidity or repose for animal or vegetable life. The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
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