sloom

煤层下的软泥[软页岩]

发音

其它 /sluːm/

词形变化

slooms 复数 sloomed slooming slooms 三单 slooms slooming 现在分词 sloomed 过去式 sloomed 过去分词

别名

sloum sleam

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gentle sleep; slumber.

v.
  1. 1.

    To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.

    苏格兰

    The afternoon sun painted amber patterns on the Turkey red hearthrug: the only splash of colour in the dun room. Potter sloomed in the arms of the chair.

    He lay slooming half-asleep, half-awake, thinking about Tuesday afternoon.

  2. 2.

    To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)

    He adds, that one hundred bolls, or fifty quarters of wheat may be thrashed in a day of eight hours, unless the grain has been sloomed or mildewed; […]

    […] no other spot over their whole pastured offered as much verdure at this time as these seemingly sloomed places.

    It must be explained, however, that in the latter case the “slooming” of the crop had an injurious effect on its yield; […]

词源

From Middle English *sloume, sloumbe, slume, from Old English sluma (“sleep, slumber”), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“to be slack, loose, or limp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, flabby”). Compare slumber and Dutch sloom.

来源：wiktionary