It differs from hibernation in the metabolic processes involved .

和冬眠不同之处在于新陈代谢的过程。

Access to food is essential for the bears , because they must build up high levels of fat reserves for winter hibernation and gestation .

为了安全过冬和生育宝宝，戈壁熊们必须储存大量的脂肪，因此食物对他们至关重要。

For the third year in a row , what many anticipated to be a return to robust growth is beginning to look like another summer of hibernation .

这已是连续第三年：许多人预期将重归强劲增长的美国经济，开始看起来又将在夏天进入蛰伏。

Brumation is an example of dormancy in reptiles that is similar to hibernation .

寒化是爬行动物休眠的一种形式，和冬眠相似。

Mammal hibernation matters to human medical research , says physiological ecologist hank harlow of the university of wyoming in laramie .

拉勒米的怀俄明大学的生理生态学家汉克哈洛（hankharlow）称，哺乳动物的冬眠与人类的医学研究有关。