slumber
noun /ˈslʌmbə(r)/
/ˈslʌmbər/
[uncountable, countable, usually plural] (literary)- sleep; a time when somebody is sleeping
睡眠 - She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.
她睡着了，睡得又沉又香。 - The phone suddenly roused her from slumber.
电话突然把她从睡眠中唤醒。 - I don’t want to wake him from his slumbers.
我不想吵醒他。 - We could hear the breathing of someone in a deep slumber.
我们可以听到沉睡中的人的呼吸声。
Collocations DictionarySlumber is used before these nouns:- party
词源Middle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation. - She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.