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单词 slump
释义 slump
I. \ˈsləmp\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian slumpa to fall, fall upon, Danish slumpe to stumble, fall upon, chance upon; akin to Low German slump marsh, slime, Latin labi to slide, slip, fall — more at sleep
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to fall or sink suddenly
  < ice cracked and he slumped through >
 b. : to drop suddenly : fall in a heap : slide down : collapse
  < he slumped to the floor with hardly a murmur — Phoenix Flame >
  < slipped on the parquet and slumped headlong — Richard Llewellyn >
2. : to assume an awkwardly drooping posture or carriage
 < slumped onto the leather davenport — J.A.Michener >
 < she walks slowly … slumping at the waist — Constance Walsh >
3. : to fall off : decline, sag
 < begins to make a place for himself and then … suddenly slumps — Edmund Fuller >
 < sales slump badly in certain territories — E.H.Shanks >
4.
 a. : to slip or settle down
  < rock or earth slumps in a landslide or above a rock that is undergoing solution >
 b. : to settle slightly and spread out
  < concrete or mortar will slump when the form is removed >
transitive verb
: to cause a slump in (a market)
Synonyms: see fall
II. \“, ˈslu̇mp\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Low German, marsh, slime
dialect Britain : a marshy or boggy place
III. \ˈsləmp\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Low German; akin to Frisian slompe lump, slump, Dutch slomp
chiefly Scotland : a sizable group or quantity : lump, bulk
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
chiefly Scotland : to classify or consider together : lump
 < slumping the … candidates together — Scots Magazine >
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: slump (I)
1.
 a. : a marked decline or falling off (as in prices, activity, vigor) : drop, sag
  < a slump in theater attendance >
  < fear a slump in the party vote >
  < a period of moral slump — S.H.Adams >
  < the normal seasonal slump in tuna deliveries — Wall Street Journal >
 b. : a sustained decline in economic activity or in prices : depression
  < a worldwide slump >
  < a slump in the wheat market >
  < the great waste of booms and slumps of the business cycle — Will Irwin >
  < lost all his money in the slump — Dorothy Sayers >
 c. : a period of poor or losing play by a team or individual competitor in a sport : a losing streak
  < one spring I was in a batting slump — Ted Williams >
  < came out of its scoring slump and won the consolation game — Ice Hockey Guide >
2. : the number of inches that a mass of concrete settles after the removal of a cone-shaped metal form into which the fresh concrete has been placed in three layers — see slump test
3. : a fall or downward slide (as of earth or rock) : landslide
4. chiefly New England : a dessert made by dropping biscuit dough on cooking fruit
 < apple slump >
 < blueberry slump >
— compare grunt 3
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