diapause

詳細解釋：

di.a.pause

n.Zoology （名詞）【動物學】
A period during which growth or development is suspended and physiological activity is diminished, as in certain insects in response to adverse environmental conditions.
休眠：指某些昆蟲在應付不利環境條件時，暫停生長或演變，減少生理活動的時期

來源：
Greek diapausis [pause]
希臘語 diapausis [暫停]
from diapauein [to pause]
源自 diapauein [中止]
dia- [between] * see dia-
dia- [在…之間] *參見 dia-
pauein [to stop]
pauein [停止]