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暴跌,意气消沈猛然掉落,陷入,消沈
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Slump \Slump\, n.
A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling
off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc. [Colloq.]
Slump \Slump\, v. i.
1. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is
perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.
2. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as,
the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.]
Slump \Slump\, v. t. [Cf. {Lump}; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for
the lump.]
To lump; to throw into a mess.
These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped
together under that sense. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Slump \Slump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slumping}.] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something
falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a
surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a
bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which
unawares they may slump. --Barrow.
Slump \Slump\, n. [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a
quantity, and E. slump, v.t.]
The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]
Slump \Slump\, n.
1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a
soft, miry place. [Scot.]
资料来源 : WordNet®
slump
n 1: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the
team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a
drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" [syn: {slack},
{drop-off}, {falloff}, {falling off}]
2: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and
low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: {depression},
{economic crisis}]
v 1: assume a drooping posture or carriage [syn: {slouch}]
2: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My
spirits sank" [syn: {slide down}, {sink}]
3: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate
market fell off" [syn: {fall off}, {sink}]
4: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices
slumped" [syn: {decline}, {correct}]