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slumber

/sluhm-ber/US // ˈslʌm bər //UK // (ˈslʌmbə) //

沉睡,沉睡中,沉睡状态,熟睡

Related Words

coma昏迷,昏迷不醒,昏迷状态,昏迷的人dormancy休眠,休眠期,休眠症,休眠状态stupor昏迷,昏迷不醒,昏迷的人,昏迷状态inactivity不活泼,不活动,不活跃,不活跃性torpor默默无语,默不作声,默默无言,默默无语的人lethargy暮气沉沉,昏睡,昏睡症,嗜睡症repose忏悔,宴请,宴席,安息doze瞌睡,瞌睡虫,打盹儿,盹儿nap小睡,小憩,打盹儿,打盹rest休息时间,休息,休息时,休息区snooze打盹儿,瞌睡,打瞌睡,打盹languor倦怠,慵懒,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味drowse昏睡,昏昏欲睡,沉思,昏昏沉沉forty winks四十问,四十媚娘,四十秒,四十秒微笑sack time睡觉时间,睡觉的时候,睡觉的时间,睡觉时shut-eye闭目养神,闭眼,闭目,闭上眼睛

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
    • : to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to spend or pass in slumbering: to slumber the afternoon away.
    • : to dispel or forget by slumbering: to slumber cares away.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes slumbers. sleep, especially light sleep.
    • : a period of sleep, especially light sleep.
    • : a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsleep
Synonyms
coma昏迷,昏迷不醒,昏迷状态,昏迷的人dormancy休眠,休眠期,休眠症,休眠状态stupor昏迷,昏迷不醒,昏迷的人,昏迷状态doze瞌睡,瞌睡虫,打盹儿,盹儿drowse昏睡,昏昏欲睡,沉思,昏昏沉沉inactivity不活泼,不活动,不活跃,不活跃性languor倦怠,慵懒,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味lethargy暮气沉沉,昏睡,昏睡症,嗜睡症nap小睡,小憩,打盹儿,打盹repose忏悔,宴请,宴席,安息rest休息时间,休息,休息时,休息区snooze打盹儿,瞌睡,打瞌睡,打盹torpor默默无语,默不作声,默默无言,默默无语的人forty winks四十问,四十媚娘,四十秒,四十秒微笑sack time睡觉时间,睡觉的时候,睡觉的时间,睡觉时shut-eye闭目养神,闭眼,闭目,闭上眼睛

Examples

  • With the right app, your phone can keep tabs on your slumber too.

  • ScanWatch by WithingsA smartwatch to help detect sleep apneaObstructive sleep apnea is a disorder in which the muscles that keep our airways open relax during slumber, narrowing or stopping flow and causing periodic gaps in breathing.

  • Scientists have yet to pinpoint the roots of this phenomenon, but some think it occurs when the brain crosses wires between conscious awareness and the dream-filled REM stage of slumber.

  • Brian, my boyfriend, practically leapt from his slumber and bonked his head against the insulated metal ceiling of my minivan, stunned awake.

  • What’s more, the liberation of coronavirus strictures will be unevenly distributed, as some regions spring to life and others haltingly come out of slumber.

  • Paul and McCain do not exactly have a history of slumber parties and hair-braiding.

  • More than one-quarter of Americans are stealing those precious hours from their slumber, and are paying a steep price for it.

  • No one had any difficulties sleeping the deep, untroubled slumber of the brave and the just.

  • That our Post-Puberty Dennis the Menace appears to be lost in such deep slumber seems only understandable.

  • The way he goes about this vengeance, however, is enough a snooze for you to want to close your own coffin for an eternal slumber.

  • Finding him awake, he sat by his side and, with the earnestness of a nursery-maid, patted him off to slumber.

  • The smile was still on his lips when his head drooped on a piece of ice, and he sank into a deep slumber.

  • These instructions were obeyed implicitly, and soon the camp was buried in apparent slumber.

  • Yung Pak and the other members of the family also retired, and were soon buried in peaceful slumber.

  • He never made any attempt to learn the abstract science of war, and until stirred by danger his character seemed to slumber.

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