sleep; a time when somebody is sleeping 睡眠 She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber. 她睡着了,睡得又沉又香。 The phone suddenly roused her from slumber. 电话突然把她从睡眠中唤醒。 I don’t want to wake him from his slumbers. 我不想吵醒他。 We could hear the breathing of someone in a deep slumber. 我们可以听到沉睡中的人的呼吸声。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySlumber is used before these nouns:- party
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation.