单词 | slumber |
释义 | slumber —slumberer, n. —slumberless, adj. /slum"beuhr/, v.i. 1. to sleep, esp. lightly; doze; drowse. 2. to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering. v.t. 3. to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often fol. by away, out, or through): to slumber the afternoon away. 4. to dispel or forget by slumbering (often fol. by away): to slumber cares away. n. 5. Sometimes, slumbers. sleep, esp. light sleep. 6. a period of sleep, esp. light sleep. 7. a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc. [1175-1225; (v.) ME slumeren, freq. of slumen to doze, deriv. of OE sluma sleep (see -ER6); cf. G schlummern; (n.) ME slomur, slomber, deriv. of the v.] |
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