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

• In the distance, we could see a herd of elephants lumbering across the plain.
  我们看到在远处，一群大象正缓步穿越平原。
• 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。
• There are forests here, and lumbering is important.
  这里有很多森林，因此伐木业很重要。
• 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。
• And between the cups and saucers arranged for breakfast, and the lumbering deal table, a very clean white cloth was spread.
  一张非常清洁的白台布已经铺在一张粗糙的松木餐桌上，上面摆好了早餐的杯盘。
• Minnesota today is still a leader in farming, lumbering, and milling, as well as printing and iron production.
  现在的明尼苏达在农业、伐木业、碾制业，以及印刷与钢铁生产上还是居于美国各州之冠。
• 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。
• But I also knew how common it was for these lumbering giants to be gashed by boat propellers or entangled in crab traps.
  但我也知道，它们这些笨拙的海洋生物经常被船的螺旋桨划伤，或卷入捕蟹器中。
• 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。