English Dictionary

slump

IPA（発音記号）

/slʌmp/

名詞

広義 俗語 イギリス英語 方言 スコットランド英語

A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

日本語の意味

激しいまたはむごい崩壊、倒壊 / 垂れ下がった姿勢、垂れ下がり具合（だらしない姿勢） / 長期間にわたる不調、低迷状態

After the marathon, his body gave way in a helpless slump on the grass.

マラソンの後、彼は芝生の上で力なく崩れ落ちた。

意味（1）

A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

意味（2）

(slang by extension) A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating.

TOM. We haven't had sex with each other in five months. MICHAEL. We're in a slump, I know that."

意味（3）

A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.

意味（4）

(UK, dialect) A boggy place.

意味（5）

(Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.

意味（6）

(Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

意味（7）

A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove.

a blackberry slump

slumps （ plural ）