lumber1
KK: [ˈlʌmbɚ]
DJ: [ˈlʌmbǝ]
n.[U]
- 【美】木材,木料
Piles of
lumber were stacked along the road.
大量的木材堆放在路邊。
- 【英】破爛東西,無用雜物
- 【英】堆積雜物
vt.
- 【美】採伐……林木,伐(樹)
This valley was
lumbered hard during the past decade.
在過去十年裡,這個山谷的林木被大肆採伐。
- 【英】妨礙,拖累
He refused to
lumber himself with a family.
他不願有家室拖累。
- (用破爛東西)堆滿[(+with)]
The house is
lumbered up with useless articles.
這棟房子裡堆滿了沒用的物品。
vi.
- 【美】伐木,製材
衍生
辨析
lumber2
KK: [ˈlʌmbɚ]
DJ: [ˈlʌmbǝ]
vi.
- 笨重地移動
The heavily-loaded garbage truck
lumbered down the street.
滿載重物的垃圾車笨重地駛過街道。
He
lumbered upstairs.
他費力地走上樓梯。
- 隆隆地行駛[Q]
衍生
lumber1
v.
move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.
Etymology
ME lomere, perh. symbolic of clumsy movement.
lumber2
n.
- Brit. disused articles of furniture that inconveniently take up space.
- chiefly N. Amer. partly prepared timber.
v.
-
(usu. be lumbered with)
Brit. informal burden with an unwanted responsibility.
-
[usu. as noun lumbering]
chiefly N. Amer. cut and prepare forest timber for transport and sale.
Etymology
C16: perh. from lumber1; later assoc. with obs. lumber ‘pawnbroker's shop’.
lumber3
v.
casually strike up a relationship with (a prospective sexual partner).
n.
a prospective sexual partner.
Etymology
1960s: of unknown origin.