"lethargy, listlessness," c. 1600, from Latin torpor "numbness, sluggishness," from torpere "be numb, be inactive, be dull," from PIE root *ster- (1) "stiff, rigid, firm, strong" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic trupeti, Lithuanian tirpstu "to become rigid;" Greek stereos "solid;" Old English steorfan "to die;" see stereo-).
例文
1. In the heat they sank into a state of torpor .
暑い日は彼らをがっかりさせた。
2.He fell into a deep torpor .
彼は一気に深さ麻痺状態に入った。
3.He had slumped into a state of torpor from which nothing could rouse him.
彼は麻痺状態に陥って、何も彼を奮い立たせることはできない。
4.The sick person gradually falls into a torpor .
患者は次第に萎縮していった。
5.She must rouse herself from the torpor of mind and body.