slum·ber
noun/ˈslʌmbə(r)/
/ˈslʌmbər/
[uncountable, countable, usually plural] (literary)- 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.
电话突然将她从睡梦中惊醒。 - I don’t want to wake him from his slumbers.
我不想把他从睡梦中吵醒。 - We could hear the breathing of someone in a deep slumber.
我们可以听到熟睡中某人的呼吸声。
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. - She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.