Word · Frequency #6160
slump
骤降；瘫倒；低潮期
a sudden heavy fall or collapse; a drooping posture; a period of poor performance or activity
- 1.
A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
沉重或无助的崩溃；懒散或下垂的姿势；活动或表现不佳的时期,尤其是延长的时期。
- 2.
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
性能或质量明显下降
- 3.
A period of poor performance.
表现不佳的时期。
- 4.
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
长期经济衰退,表现为失业、低物价、低贸易和投资
- 5.
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.
新拌混凝土流动性的测量,基于标准坍落度锥移除后混凝土下沉的程度。
- 6.
A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope.
一种大规模浪费形式,其中松散固结的材料或岩层整体短距离下滑。
- 7.
A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.)
由于这种浪费形成的陨坑或凹陷(地面下沉的区域)。
- 8.
A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove.
在炉灶上烹饪的类似馅饼的甜点。
经济萧条；不景气；滑塌；塌陷坑；坍落度；水果软饼；水果布丁；沉重或无助的崩溃；懒散或下垂的姿势；活动或表现不佳的时期,尤其是延长的时期。
In use
He sat in a slump on the bench, staring at the ground.
The company is trying to recover from a sales slump this quarter.
Many businesses closed during the economic slump.
the team went into a slump
Connections
Collocations
- economic slump
- 经济低迷
- The country experienced a severe economic slump.该国经历了严重的经济低迷。
- market slump
- 市场暴跌
- Investors panicked during the market slump.投资者在市场暴跌期间恐慌。
- sales slump
- 销售下滑
- The company faced a sales slump last quarter.该公司上个季度面临销售下滑。
- performance slump
- 表现下滑
- The athlete is trying to overcome a performance slump.这位运动员正努力克服表现下滑。
- suffer a slump
- 遭受低迷
- The industry suffered a slump after the recession.该行业在经济衰退后遭受低迷。
- slump in demand
Learner notes
Memory Tip
经济低迷时，图表曲线像人垂头一样‘slump’下去。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the exact /ʌmp/ ending with 'slump', forming a perfect rhyme group. Beware of lookalikes like 'plump' (/plʌmp/) which also rhymes, but 'slump' itself is the target.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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