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Slump V Sink Fall Decline Slʌmp 猛然落下;暴跌 英

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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