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- slumber (n.)[slumber 词源字典]
- mid-14c., from slumber (v.). Slumber party first recorded 1942. Slumberland is from 1875.[slumber etymology, slumber origin, 英语词源]
- slumber (v.)
- mid-14c. alteration of slumeren (mid-13c.), frequentative form of slumen "to doze," probably from Old English sluma "light sleep" (compare Middle Dutch slumen, Dutch sluimeren, German schlummern "to slumber"). Frequentative on the notion of "intermittent light sleep." For the -b-, compare number, lumber, chamber, etc. Related: Slumbered; slumbering.