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

• See that pile of lumbering by the barn?
  你看见谷仓旁的那堆木材吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• In countries like China and India, fast-growing economies and foreign investors 'seemingly unquenchable desire to supply capital have offered both lumbering state monopolies and sleepy family-owned companies an unprecedented opportunity to expand their businesses and reform their governance.
  在中国、印度等国，增长迅猛的经济和外国投资者似乎持续高涨的投资热情，给庞大的国有企业和半睡半醒的家族式企业，带来了扩大经营和改善管理的空前发展机遇。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。