lumbering

英 [ˈlʌmbərɪŋ]

美 [ˈlʌmbərɪŋ]

adj.  缓慢吃力的; 步态笨拙的
v.  缓慢吃力地移动; 笨拙地行进; 迫使担负(职责等)
lumber的现在分词

现在分词：lumbering　

TOEFL

BNC.19757 / COCA.17919

牛津词典

adj.

• 缓慢吃力的；步态笨拙的
  moving in a slow, heavy and awkward way
  1. a lumbering dinosaur
     迈着缓慢而沉重步子的恐龙

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 木材；方材
  Lumberconsists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up.
  1. It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it...
     其制作材料是软木，看起来像是云杉。
  2. He was going to have to purchase all his lumber at full retail price.
     他将不得不把所有木材按零售价分文不少地买下来。
• VERB （缓慢而笨拙地）挪动，移动
  If someone or somethinglumbersfrom one place to another, they move there very slowly and clumsily.
  1. He turned and lumbered back to his chair...
     他转过身来，蹒跚着走回到椅子边坐下。
  2. The truck lumbered across the parking lot toward the road...
     卡车隆隆地驶过停车场准备上路。
  3. He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry.
     他眼睛直视前方，加速超过了前面一辆慢吞吞行进的大卡车。

英英释义

noun

• the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber

adj

• slow and laborious because of weight
  1. the heavy tread of tired troops
  2. moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
  3. ponderous prehistoric beasts
  4. a ponderous yawn
  Synonym:heavyponderous

双语例句

• Third, the lumbering legal system, which imposes huge costs on the companies that use it, must be overhauled.
  第三，必须彻底改革臃肿的司法体系。该体系让使用它的公司承担了巨大的成本。
• Compare the Soviet armed forces, lumbering and expensive, with the nimble military of Russia today.
  当年苏联军队笨重、耗资巨大，相比之下，如今俄罗斯军队灵活精悍。
• There are forests here, and lumbering is important.
  这里有很多森林，因此伐木业很重要。
• Minnesota today is still a leader in farming, lumbering, and milling, as well as printing and iron production.
  现在的明尼苏达在农业、伐木业、碾制业，以及印刷与钢铁生产上还是居于美国各州之冠。
• In the distance, we could see a herd of elephants lumbering across the plain.
  我们看到在远处，一群大象正缓步穿越平原。
• Generally speaking, the lumbering brings the economic efficiency for the locality.
  总的来说，伐木业为当地带来经济效益。
• He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry.
  他眼睛直视前方，加速超过了前面一辆慢吞吞行进的大卡车。
• Northeast Asia is increasingly integral to the global economy and its economic development is critical to sustaining even lumbering global growth.
  东北亚地区对全球经济越来越不可或缺，这一地区的经济发展对于支撑哪怕是低速的全球增长至关重要。
• The mining industry was outpaced for a time by lumbering.
  矿业发展曾一度落在木材业之后。
• Some readers may remain sceptical about the claims that the lumbering state-owned corporate sector is making large profits.
  一些读者或许仍对以下说法心怀疑虑：动作迟缓的国有企业部门正创造着巨额的利润。