英语词汇“lumber”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	lumber
释义	lum·ber I. \ˈləmbə(r)\ intransitive verb (lumbered ; lumbered ; lumbering \-b(ə)riŋ\ ; lumbers) Etymology: Middle English lomeren; probably akin to Swedish dialect loma to walk with slow and heavy steps, Middle English lame — more at lame 1. : to move heavily or clumsily : move as if burdened < the airplane … now proceeded to lumber slowly along — Noel Coward > < lumbered a little in his walk — Kenneth Roberts > < the story lumbers to a permanent standstill shortly after it begins — New Yorker > 2. [probably imitative] : to make a rumbling sound II. noun (-s) Etymology: perhaps alteration of lombard (I); from the use of pawnshops as storehouses of disused property 1. a. : surplus or disused articles (as furniture) that are stored away : things cumbrous, bulky, or useless b. : something superfluous, without value, or needlessly cumbersome < get rid of the useless lumber that blocks our highways of thought — John Dewey > < this lumber of facts, conjectures, alternate possibilities — J.G.Cozzens > < useless words … dropped as worthless linguistic lumber — T.D.Weldon > 2. a. : timber or logs especially after being prepared for the market — compare rough lumber, shiplap, surfaced lumber, worked lumber b. : one of several structural materials prepared in a form similar to lumber < insulating lumber > < metal lumber > 3. : superfluous flesh — used especially of a dog III. verb (lumbered ; lumbered ; lumbering \-b(ə)riŋ\ ; lumbers) *transitive verb* 1. : to cover or fill with or as if with lumber : clutter up : burden unnecessarily : encumber < the constitution … was lumbered with obsolete provisions — Americana Annual > < did not wish to lumber his mind with the rubbish that most men seemed to rejoice in — Van Wyck Brooks > 2. : to heap together in disorder < all those things lumbered in the closet > 3. : to log and saw the timber of < this … valley was lumbered, hard, in 1915 — R.M.Neal > *intransitive verb* 1. : to cut logs in the forest : saw logs into lumber for the market < colonists were squatting on their land, lumbering in their woods — American Guide Series: Maryland > 2. : to become stored away and useless < another large box to lumber with the odd and the antiquated — Peter Maggs > IV. adjective 1. : of, made of, or containing lumber < lumber pile > 2. : dealing in lumber < lumber business > < lumber camp >
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