| 单词 | lumberjack |
| 释义 | lumberjack (once / 21297 pages) 1n 2n A lumberjack is someone who cuts down trees professionally. Picture someone holding a chain saw and wearing a plaid flannel shirt and steel-toe boots, and you can picture a lumberjack. These days, lumberjack sounds pretty old-fashioned — the same job is done today, but people who do it are typically called "loggers," and they use power tools like chain saws. Lumberjacks, particularly in the 19th and early 20th century, used hand saws and axes and were famous for being ruggedly independent and physically daring. Lumberjack was coined by Canadians. WORD FAMILYlumberjack: lumberjacks USAGE EXAMPLESThe Golden Eagles led 30-22 at halftime before the Lumberjacks outscored them 24-16 in the first nine minutes of the second half. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) The Lumberjacks’ home winning streak was the third longest in the nation. Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) Cattle ranchers and lumberjacks, college students and nurses, landscapers, investment bankers and a waitress from a Florida restaurant called Smokey Bones. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) 1 n a person who fells trees 2Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper faller, feller, logger, lumberman Paul Bunyan a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada scorer a logger who marks trees to be felled jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor n a short warm outer jacket Syn|Hyper lumber jacket jacket a short coat |
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