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
助記提示
音：死落撲，這人死了猛然落下撲倒在地
2. 諧音“是落坡、是落魄、使落魄、使落破、是南坡、衰落破”-----衰落、破產。
3. slump <====> plums: 李子大批地、一坨一坨地掉落。
4. -lump / -ump 結尾的詞有象聲詞，砰然落下的味道: flump 砰然聲, 重落, plump 撲通一聲倒下，dump 傾倒，jump 跳起.
5. slip + dump => slump.
6. slip + plump (撲通一聲倒下) => slump.
7. dump => slump.
8. plump, lump, bump: 因為撞擊而形成並引申出的腫塊、大塊、豐滿、圓胖之意。所以它們的本義都是模擬撞擊的聲音。
9. s-(諧音“摔”) + lump: 重重地摔下形成一個大大的腫塊。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.
- 由於國內需求大幅下降，生產已經停止。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.
- 他們將討論如何使經濟走出低穀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump.
- 經濟長期疲軟可能會對固特異公司造成影響。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He can afford to sit out the property slump.
- 他的經濟實力可以撐過這次房地產市場蕭條期。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She is in a slump in her career.
- 她處在事業的低穀.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》