slumber

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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.

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

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意味（1）

A very light state of sleep, almost awake.

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

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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.

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意味（3）

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

slumbers （ 複数形 ）