cryosleepとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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cryosleep (uncountable)

1. (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
   • 2017 March, Jason M. Hough, K. C. Alexander, Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising‎, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 369–370:

     “Constantly shifting positions and priorities. Outright deception. And behind it all, the possibility we'll be hit again by this Scourge. Despite all that, their solution is for us to return to cryo. Just take a little nap and all our problems will go away.” […]
     What had Calix and his team become? This was no simple protest. His speech had implied as much. To resist the order to return to cryo-sleep, by definition it made these people a resistance.

同意語

• coldsleep