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单词 lumbering
释义 lumbering
I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of lumber (I)
1. : ponderous and graceless in appearance
 < the enormous lumbering palaces of commerce — Edith Sitwell >
 < the lumbering deal table — Charles Dickens >
2.
 a. : slow-moving : having a heavy gait : clumsy, cumbersome
  < the big lumbering two-wheel carts piled high with supplies — Green Peyton >
  < the lumbering, swag-bellied trot of an old milker — F.D.Davison >
 b. : dull, slow-witted
  < could always outwit his lumbering brain — Liam O'Flaherty >
3. : lacking in grace, subtlety, or fluency of expression
 < lumbering and irregular hexameters — Gilbert Highet >
 < cutting through involved lumbering sentences — S.T.Williamson >
Synonyms: see awkward
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of lumber (III)
: the business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber, of processing it for sale, and of marketing it
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