Slump



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.猛然落下, 暴跌
• ［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) .

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb

• Etymology: probably imitative
• Date: circa 1677
• 1.
  • a. to fall or sink suddenly
  • b. to drop or slide down suddenly ; collapse <slumped to the floor>
• 2. to assume a drooping posture or carriage ; slouch
• 3. to go into a slump <sales slumped>

II. noun

• Date: 1887
• 1.
  • a. a marked or sustained decline especially in economic activity or prices <a post-election slump>
  • b. a period of poor or losing play by a team or individual <one spring I was in a batting slump — Ted Williams>
• 2. a downward slide of a mass of rock or land

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