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

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