slumber是什么意思,slumber怎么用

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📰 外刊例句

The immune system is similarly hamstrung by a lack of sleep since a number of its key components, such as the white blood cells that produce antibodies, are predominantly made by the body when a person is slumbering . 免疫系统同样也会因睡眠不足而受到削弱,因为免疫系统的许多关键成分,例如产生抗体的白细胞,主要是由人体在睡眠时产生的。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] sleep
[动词] 睡


💡 深入解读

Slumber 是一个小站曾在 熟词僻义 | lumber 是一种怎样的移动?中提到过的单词,与常见单词 plumber 较为形似,可以一并联想记忆。该词可能源自古英语sluma(浅睡),13世纪出现在英语中后也是用来表示“微睡、小睡”。不过现在则主要用作书面用语表示“睡觉、睡眠”,多指人安详地或长时间地睡,既可以作动词也可以作名词使用,

比如:

安睡

slumber peacefully

to fall into a heavy/deep slumber陷入沉睡

断断续续的睡眠

a broken slumber

从长时间地睡这个概念出发, slumber 很自然地就被用来喻指“静止、不活跃、蛰伏”,也是既可以作动词也可以作名词使用,比如:休眠火山

a slumbering volcano

Sharp cuts in interest rates have failed to bring the economy out of its slumber.大幅度降低利率并没有使经济复苏。

We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dreams.名人名言

doze: sleep lightly nap: sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day drowse: be half asleep; doze intermittently我们害怕死亡,却又渴望睡眠和美梦。出自阿拉伯文学主要奠基人、黎巴嫩文坛骄子哈利勒·纪伯伦(Kahlil Gibran)。同近义词

(拓展学习:区别辨析sleep、doze、nap、snooze与slumber


🔍 同近义词

  • doze: sleep lightly
  • nap: sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day
  • drowse: be half asleep; doze intermittently
  • (拓展学习:
  • 区别辨析sleep、doze、nap、snooze与slumber
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