slump
英[slʌmp]
美[slʌmp]
- vi. 下降，衰落；倒下；大幅度下降，暴跌
- vt. 使降低；使衰落；使倒下
- n. 衰退；暴跌；消沉
词态变化
复数: slumps;第三人称单数: slumps;过去式: slumped;过去分词: slumped;现在分词: slumping;
助记提示
音：死落扑，这人死了猛然落下扑倒在地
2. 谐音“是落坡、是落魄、使落魄、使落破、是南坡、衰落破”-----衰落、破产。
3. slump <====> plums: 李子大批地、一坨一坨地掉落。
4. -lump / -ump 结尾的词有象声词，砰然落下的味道: flump 砰然声, 重落, plump 扑通一声倒下，dump 倾倒，jump 跳起.
5. slip + dump => slump.
6. slip + plump (扑通一声倒下) => slump.
7. dump => slump.
8. plump, lump, bump: 因为撞击而形成并引申出的肿块、大块、丰满、圆胖之意。所以它们的本义都是模拟撞击的声音。
9. s-(谐音“摔”) + lump: 重重地摔下形成一个大大的肿块。
英文词源
- slump (v.)
- 1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped; slumping.
The word "slump," or "slumped," has too coarse a sound to be used by a lady. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839]
Economic sense from 1888. - slump (n.)
- "act of slumping, slumping movement," 1850; "heavy decline in prices on the stock exchange," 1888, from slump (v.). Generalized by 1922 to "sharp decline in trade or business."
双语例句
- 1. Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.
- 由于国内需求大幅下降，生产已经停止。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.
- 他们将讨论如何使经济走出低谷。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump.
- 经济长期疲软可能会对固特异公司造成影响。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He can afford to sit out the property slump.
- 他的经济实力可以撑过这次房地产市场萧条期。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. She is in a slump in her career.
- 她处在事业的低谷.
来自《简明英汉词典》