英语单词 | slumber |
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英美音标 | 英 ['slʌmbə(r)] 美 ['slʌmbər] |
中文释义 | n.睡眠;微睡;休止状态 v.睡觉;打盹;静止;休眠 |
英语例句 | (1) Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest. (2) Three girls are still slumbering peacefully. |
中文例句 | (1) 不要把他从睡眠中唤醒,因为他需要休息。 (2) 3个女孩仍在平静地睡着。 |
vocabulary简明 | Slumber means "sleep" — as a verb or noun. If you're a sound sleeper, you might slumber peacefully right through a thunderstorm, your slumber undisturbed. |
vocabulary扩展 | To slumber is to sleep, sometimes specifically to sleep lightly or doze. You can slumber in your bed, in your airplane seat, or through your alarm in the morning. Slumber can also describe a peacefulness, like your quiet street that seems to slumber early in the morning. The phrase slumber party was first used in the 1940s to mean a gathering held at night, that usually involves very little slumbering. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]睡眠 Slumber is sleep. [V] [LITERARY 文]
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