Latent period
[化] 潜伏期\\n[医] 潜伏期
📖 牛津释义
latent period
period between catching a disease and the appearance of symptoms （疾病的）潜伏期.
🧩 词语组成解析
latent
['letnt]
adj. 潜在的;潜伏的;休眠的;潜意识的;
n. 指纹，指印;
period
['pɪrɪəd]
n. 时期;（一段）时间;学时;句号;
adj. 具有某个时代特征的;（关于）过去某一特定历史时期的;（家具、服饰、建筑等）某一时代的;
peri周围，靠近+od道路→周期
🗣️ 情景例句
That's a great idea.
这是一个绝妙的主意。
If you have no hand, you cannot make a fist.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.
我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。