slump /ˈslʌmp/
暴跌,意氣消沈(vi.)猛然掉落,陷入,消沈
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.]
3. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in stock market prices, in a batter's average, etc. [Colloq.]
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Slump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumped p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping.]
1. 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.
2. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.
3. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.]
Slump n. The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]
Slump, v. t. To lump; to throw into a mess.
These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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]