lumbering

英 [ˈlʌmbərɪŋ]

美 [ˈlʌmbərɪŋ]

adj.  缓慢吃力的; 步态笨拙的
v.  缓慢吃力地移动; 笨拙地行进; 迫使担负(职责等)
lumber的现在分词

现在分词：lumbering　

TOEFL

BNC.19757 / COCA.17919

牛津词典

adj.

• 缓慢吃力的；步态笨拙的
  moving in a slow, heavy and awkward way
  1. a lumbering dinosaur
     迈着缓慢而沉重步子的恐龙

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 木材；方材
  Lumberconsists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up.
  1. It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it...
     其制作材料是软木，看起来像是云杉。
  2. He was going to have to purchase all his lumber at full retail price.
     他将不得不把所有木材按零售价分文不少地买下来。
• VERB （缓慢而笨拙地）挪动，移动
  If someone or somethinglumbersfrom one place to another, they move there very slowly and clumsily.
  1. He turned and lumbered back to his chair...
     他转过身来，蹒跚着走回到椅子边坐下。
  2. The truck lumbered across the parking lot toward the road...
     卡车隆隆地驶过停车场准备上路。
  3. He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry.
     他眼睛直视前方，加速超过了前面一辆慢吞吞行进的大卡车。

英英释义

noun

• the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber

adj

• slow and laborious because of weight
  1. the heavy tread of tired troops
  2. moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
  3. ponderous prehistoric beasts
  4. a ponderous yawn
  Synonym:heavyponderous

双语例句

• Lumbering is very important in some underdeveloped countries.
  在一些不发达的国家，伐木业十分重要。
• Faults: Short, prancing or choppy gait, lumbering or rolling gait; crossing or crabbing.
  缺点（不合格）：步伐过短，跳跃或者起伏，笨拙或者摇摆的步态；横向行进或斜行。
• In some instances natives have become fox breeders, and where private parties are so engaged they have supplemented their fox breeding by fishing, farming, or lumbering.
  在一些实例中，当地人已经成为狐狸养殖者，在那些地区这些人是很忙碌的，他们通过捕鱼，种植，伐木给狐狸补充食物。
• Simultaneously, a rotation system is in place for lumbering bases so as to help restore vegetation.
  同时，对采伐基地进行及时更新，恢复森林植被。
• Generally speaking, the lumbering brings the economic efficiency for the locality.
  总的来说，伐木业为当地带来经济效益。
• Lumbering and, later, paper-making were carried out in smaller cities.
  木材业和后来的造纸都由较小的城市经营。
• He heard the carts go lumbering by upon the neighbouring streets, but they were far off, and only buzzed upon his ear.
  他听见邻近的街上运货马车沉重地驶过，但是听上去相隔很远。传到他的耳朵里只有微弱的嗡嗡声。
• Compare the Soviet armed forces, lumbering and expensive, with the nimble military of Russia today.
  当年苏联军队笨重、耗资巨大，相比之下，如今俄罗斯军队灵活精悍。
• Some readers may remain sceptical about the claims that the lumbering state-owned corporate sector is making large profits.
  一些读者或许仍对以下说法心怀疑虑：动作迟缓的国有企业部门正创造着巨额的利润。
• A heavy, lumbering trot.
  步子沉重、动作笨拙的慢跑。