英语词汇“slumber”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	slumber
释义	slum·ber I. \ˈsləmbə(r)\ verb (slumbered ; slumbered ; slumbering \-b(ə)riŋ\ ; slumbers) Etymology: Middle English slumberen, slumeren, freq. of slumen to doze, probably from slume, sloumbe slumber, from Old English slūma; akin to Middle High German slummern, slumen to slumber, Norwegian slum sluggish, Norwegian dialect sluma to walk sluggishly, drag one's feet, Middle English sloor mud — more at slur *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to sleep lightly : doze < he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep — Ps 121:4 (Revised Standard Version) > b. : to lie asleep < the girl slumbered peacefully — Henry La Cossitt > 2. a. : to lie or live as if sunk in sleep or stupor : be in a torpid state : hibernate < the … nation slumbered through more than two centuries of self-imposed isolation — Louis Wasserman > b. : to remain in a negligent or slothful state : idle < the public conscience slumbers > < slumbering along until shocked into activity > < add to this a report I have been asked to do … and you will guess that I have not slumbered — H.J.Laski > c. : to lie dormant or latent < below the surface slumbered deadly memories — Times Literary Supplement > *transitive verb* : to pass or spend (as time) in or as if in sleep — usually used with away or out < slumbering away the best years for productive work > Synonyms: see sleep II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English slumbir, slummir, from slumberen, slumeren to slumber 1. a. : a state of sleep or repose : sleep < it was no night for slumber > < sank into a deep slumber > < fills my slumber with tumultuous dreams — P.B.Shelley > b. : light sleep : doze < at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep — John Bunyan > 2. : a moral, mental, or physical condition like sleep : lethargy, torpor < a great writer arouses us from our dogmatic slumbers — Zechariah Chafee > III. adjective : of, relating to, or intended for use during slumber < a slumber cap > < a slumber robe >
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