slumber

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++slum·ber1 /ˈslʌmbə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] literary  SLEEPto sleep 睡眠，睡→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

slumber• A last drink of coffee was had, and the flat settled down to slumber.• He had a legendary ability to learn while slumbering.• Jaq wished that he himself could slumber.• Everyone was slumbering but us three.• We slumber in gases: a red glow at the heart of every bed.• On the floor slumbered other boxes crammed with more files.• Coleridge wrote the line 'My cradled infant slumbers peacefully' after the death of his son.• Evermore he slumbers, Tossing not nor turning, Endymion the shepherd.slumber2 noun [singular, uncountable] (also slumbers [plural]) literary  SLEEPsleep 睡眠 He passed into a deep slumber. 他酣然入梦。

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slumber• And between the shores of waking and slumber lay sharp reefs of nightmare.• Encased in iron lungs, tortured victims vainly chased slumber through long, fitful nights.• The sounds of communal slumber murmured and sighed through the cloth walls.• He had fallen into a deep slumber by the fire.• The giants awoke from their enchanted slumber.• Harriet slept so soundly that even her stentorian snoring did not disrupt her slumber.• One by one, they drifted into slumber, becoming ever more difficult to rouse.• She lay down and a sweet slumber came.• They were awoken from their slumber by a knock at the door.Origin slumber1 (1300-1400) sloom “to sleep” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old English sluma “sleep”

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slumber

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slum‧ber¹ /ˈslʌmbə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] literaryto sleep

II

slumber² noun [singular, uncountable] (also slumbers [plural]) literary
sleep:
    He passed into a deep slumber.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ sleep the natural state of resting your mind and body, when your eyes are closed and you do not notice anything happening around you: I hardly got any sleep at all last night. | He woke suddenly from a deep sleep.
   ▪ slumber/slumbers literary sleep: She fell into an uneasy slumber. | He awoke from his slumbers.
   ▪ shut-eye informal especially humorous sleep: I really need to get some shut-eye.
   ▪ doze a period in which you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: Edward was so tired he fell into a doze on the settee.
   ▪ snooze informal a short period when you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: He decided to have a snooze on the sofa while he was waiting for the others to get ready.
   ▪ nap a short sleep, especially during the day: He’s taking a nap. | Helen put the baby down for a nap after lunch.
   ▪ forty winks informal a short sleep, especially during the day: I’m just going to have forty winks. | I felt a lot better after I had had forty winks.