slumber | sleep的高级写法
v.& n.
It is possibile that reduced slumber affects the number of calories burned while at reast( basal metabolic rate) and translates into weight gain over time. | Slumber is known to improve recall in creatures from fruit flies to humans, and the reigning theory among neuroscientists has been that the waves of brain activity during deep sleep reactivate neurons that were triggered during the day, strengthening neuronal connections and cementing them into solid memories |
reigning | 统治的,主流的
· English is easily the reigning language in the financial world.
· It's all in honor of the United Kingdom's longest reigning monarch.
这一切都是为了纪念英国在位时间最长的君主。 | |
burst | =DISPIMG("ID_4C47BFA01AC39EBD48967963137FA6D0",1) | About 1,000 times a night, billions of neurons undergo a synchronous one-second burst of non-REM electrical activity. |
downscale | 1. (disapproving)
low in quality and cheap in price; relating to or intended for people who are poor or not educated
2. 缩减…规模 | As wesleep, says Tononi, the brain isn't building but rather downscalin |
pare away | pare
1. 削皮;剪;
2. 数量/金额减少
Private aviation was hit hard by the global financial crisis, when both companies and individuals sought to pare expenses. | Without the ability to pare away unneeded information as we sleep, our brains would face a serious energy shortage as well as a space crunch: Stronger synapses are typically bigger, and real estate in the brain is precious |
crunch | 1. v/n (发出)吃硬东西的声音 嘎吱作响地咀嚼
2. difficult situation | |