slumber

熟睡、深い眠り

なかなか目を覚まさないほど、深く眠っている状態。

やさしい英語で： A deep sleep from which it is difficult to wake.

• He fell into a deep slumber.
• Nothing disturbed her heavy slumber that night.
• The exhausted traveller sank into slumber and missed the morning train.

類義語： deep sleep

反対語： wakefulness

よく使う表現： deep slumber, heavy slumber

まどろみ、浅い眠り

すぐに目を覚ますことができる、浅い眠り。

やさしい英語で： A light sleep from which you can easily wake.

• A noise disturbed his light slumber.
• She drifted into a gentle slumber in the chair.
• The slightest touch brought him out of his slumber.

類義語： doze

反対語： wakefulness

よく使う表現： light slumber, gentle slumber

停滞、無自覚

何もせずにいたり、起きていることに気づかなかったりする状態。

やさしい英語で： A state of doing nothing or failing to notice what is happening.

• The crisis ended the council’s slumber.
• New protests woke the nation from its political slumber.
• The campaign shook the public out of years of slumber.

類義語： inactivity, unawareness

反対語： activity

よく使う表現： political slumber, awaken from slumber

まどろむ、うとうとする

すぐに目を覚ます程度に、浅く眠る。

やさしい英語で： To sleep lightly, so that you can easily wake.

• She slumbered lightly in her chair.
• The old man slumbers beside the fireplace each afternoon.
• They were slumbering when a quiet knock woke them.

類義語： doze, nap

反対語： wake

よく使う表現： slumber lightly, slumber in something

眠っている、活動を休止する

活動せずにいたり、物事に必要な注意を払わなかったりする。

やさしい英語で： To remain inactive or fail to give something the attention it needs.

• The council slumbered while the problem grew.
• The authorities cannot slumber through another crisis.
• His unused talents had slumbered for years.

類義語： lie dormant, idle

よく使う表現： slumber through something, slumber for years