英语释义
1. present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
a latent infection
2. a fingerprint (as at the scene of a crime) that is scarcely visible but can be developed for study — called also latent fingerprint, latent print
3. present but not visible or active
a latent infection
4. existing in hidden or dormant form: as
5. present or capable of living or developing in a host without producing visible symptoms of disease
a latent virus a latent infection
6. not consciously expressed
latent anxiety
7. relating to or being the latent content of a dream or thought
8. existing in hidden or dormant form but usually capable of being brought to light — compare patent