English Dictionary

slumber

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈslʌm.bə/

名詞

比喩的用法 限定用法 稀用

A very light state of sleep, almost awake. / (figuratively) A state of ignorance or inaction. / (rare, as used by Magnavox clock radios) The snooze button on an alarm clock.

日本語の意味

非常に浅い眠り、ほとんど起きている状態の眠り / 比喩的に、無知または何も行動しない状態 / 稀な用法として、目覚まし時計の「スヌーズ」ボタン

He remained in a slumber, drifting on the edge of sleep and wakefulness.

彼は浅いうたた寝の状態で、眠りと覚醒の境目を漂っていた。

意味（1）

A very light state of sleep, almost awake.

Fast asleep? It is no matter; / Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A state of ignorance or inaction.

Marcel Duchamp's urinal and readymades seemed in the beginning to be insider jokes or jokelike paradoxes meant to awaken people from their aesthetic slumbers.

意味（3）

(rare, as used by Magnavox clock radios) The snooze button on an alarm clock.

slumbers （ plural ）