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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• See that pile of lumbering by the barn?
  你看见谷仓旁的那堆木材吗？
• Lumbering is very important in some underdeveloped countries.
  在一些不发达的国家，伐木业十分重要。
• 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。
• In the fantasy world of online gaming a multinational corporation such as Sony would be a lumbering giant locked in a battle to the death with a nimble-footed hero.
  在线游戏的奇幻世界里，索尼（Sony）这样的跨国公司就像一个笨拙的巨人，正与身手敏捷的英雄展开殊死搏斗。
• A heavy, lumbering trot.
  步子沉重、动作笨拙的慢跑。