slumbering

[slˈʌmbɚɪŋ] /ˈsləm-bər How to pronounce slumber (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /ˈslʌm.bər/ (bre, ipa) · [slˈʌmbɚɪŋ] /ˈslʌm.bɚ/ (ame, ipa)

slumbering — 名詞

1. the act or state of being asleep, expressed in a literary or old-fashioned way

1.名詞C2
釋義

睡眠

文學色彩較重的睡著狀態

the act or state of being asleep, expressed in a literary or old-fashioned way

例句

After the night shift, Devika needed three hours of slumbering before lunch.

上完夜班後，Devika 需要先補上三小時的睡眠，午餐前才有精神。

pattern: hours of slumbering

The guide asked everyone to whisper so the baby's slumbering would continue undisturbed.

導遊請大家小聲一點，好讓寶寶的睡眠不被打斷。

possessive + slumbering

同義詞
  • sleep

    the normal everyday noun

  • sleeping

    a more usual gerund for the activity

  • slumber

    close in register, but more established as a noun

反義詞

文法句型

hours of slumbering

someone's slumbering

用法筆記

Rare outside literary writing. In ordinary conversation, learners usually choose 'sleep' for the noun or 'sleeping' for the activity.

常見錯誤

❌I had a good slumbering last night.
✅I had a good sleep last night.
💡Use 'sleep' for the ordinary countable noun; 'slumbering' sounds literary and uncommon.
❌She is in slumbering now.
✅She is sleeping now.
💡After 'be', English normally uses the verb form 'sleeping', not the noun 'slumbering'.

slumbering — 動詞