Slumber



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• n. / v. 睡眠, 安睡
• ［英］ n. / v. 睡眠, 安睡 ( sleep; a light sleep)
• ［例］ slumber peacefully ( 安睡) ／a heavy slumber

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (slumbered; slumbering)

• Etymology: Middle English slomren, slombren, frequentative of slumen to doze, probably from slume slumber, from Old English slūma; akin to Middle High German slumen to slumber
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. to sleep lightly ; doze
  • b. sleep
• 2.
  • a. to be in a torpid, slothful, or negligent state
  • b. to lie dormant or latent
• ? slumberer noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. sleep
  • b. a light sleep
• 2. lethargy, torpor

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