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

• The exploitative activities of this region include farming, lumbering and mining.
  这地区的开发活动包括农业、木材业及矿业。
• Far from being heavy, lumbering and clumsy, pregnant women are often fascinating, beautiful and serene, according to the artistic director of one British ballet company.
  在英国一家芭蕾舞公司的艺术指导看来，孕妇并不粗笨、迟缓、笨拙，相反，她们经常十分漂亮迷人、宁静安详。
• A heavy, lumbering trot.
  步子沉重、动作笨拙的慢跑。
• The purchase of armoured personnel carriers ( APCs) from Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles marked a departure from decades of reliance on China's lumbering state defence contractors.
  从陕西宝鸡专用汽车有限公司（ShaanxiBaojiSpecialVehicles）购买装甲人员输送车（APC），表明中国军队告别了数十年来依赖迟缓的国有国防承包商的历史。
• 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。
• There are forests here, and lumbering is important.
  这里有很多森林，因此伐木业很重要。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Our immediate reaction was to paint the comical picture of a lumbering elephant running from a little mouse.
  我们的第一反应，应该是在脑海中浮现出一幅图画，上面有一只笨重的大象被一只小老鼠追着跑。