lumber1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈlʌmbɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈlʌmbǝ]
  
    n.[U]
    
      - 【美】木材,木料
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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)
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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
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He refused to 
lumber himself with a family.
他不願有家室拖累。
 
      - (用破爛東西)堆滿[(+with)]
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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
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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.