| 单词 | slump |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [slʌmp] |
| 解释 | v. 猛然落下;暴跌 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.猛然落下,暴跌 (to fall or sink suddenly) 【例】 Circulation slumped and the magazine closed(发行遽然下降 , 杂志倒闭). |
| 字源 | slump (v.) 1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped; slumping. The word "slump," or "slumped," has too coarse a sound to be used by a lady. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839] Economic sense from 1888. slump (n.) "act of slumping, slumping movement," 1850; "heavy decline in prices on the stock exchange," 1888, from slump (v.). Generalized by 1922 to "sharp decline in trade or business." |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (活动、价格或生意方面)猛然落下, 暴跌 【记】s死, lump(n 肿块; 笨人): 死笨人的股票容易暴跌. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】lump 结尾的词有象声词,砰然落下的味道;音:死落扑,这人死了猛然落下扑倒在地 【相关】flump 砰然声, 重落, plump 扑通一声倒下,dump 倾倒,jump 跳起, |
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