| 单词 | lumber |
| 释义 | lumber (lʌmbəʳ ) Word forms: lumbers , lumbering , lumbered 1. uncountable noun Lumber consists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up. [mainly US] It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it. He was going to have to purchase all his lumber at full retail price. Synonyms: junk, refuse, rubbish, discards 2. verb If someone or something lumbers from one place to another, they move there very slowly and clumsily. He turned and lumbered back to his chair. [VERB adverb/preposition] The truck lumbered across the parking lot toward the road. [VERB adverb/preposition] He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: plod, shuffle, shamble, trudge Phrasal verbs: lumber with phrasal verb [usually passive] If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you. [British, informal, disapproval] I was lumbered with the job of taking charge of all the money. [be VERB-ed + with] I hope no-one ever gets lumbered with you. [be VERB-ed + with] Collocations: lumber yard The lumber yard burned down in the 1980s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rich in history, the area was built around a lumber yard in the late 19th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 1923 there were 3 grain elevators, a lumber yard, cafe, blacksmith, pool hall, feed mill, and general store. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So they sold it to a lumber yard for $465. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The small town once had a hotel, gas station, restaurant, post office, and lumber yard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 木材, 缓缓前进 Japanese: 材木, のそのそ～へ行く |
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