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

• 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。
• The mining industry was outpaced for a time by lumbering.
  矿业发展曾一度落在木材业之后。
• Simultaneously, a rotation system is in place for lumbering bases so as to help restore vegetation.
  同时，对采伐基地进行及时更新，恢复森林植被。
• 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。
• 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。
• The exploitative activities of this region include farming, lumbering and mining.
  这地区的开发活动包括农业、木材业及矿业。
• But I also knew how common it was for these lumbering giants to be gashed by boat propellers or entangled in crab traps.
  但我也知道，它们这些笨拙的海洋生物经常被船的螺旋桨划伤，或卷入捕蟹器中。
• In the fantasy world of online gaming a multinational corporation such as Sony would be a lumbering giant locked in a battle to the death with a nimble-footed hero.
  在线游戏的奇幻世界里，索尼（Sony）这样的跨国公司就像一个笨拙的巨人，正与身手敏捷的英雄展开殊死搏斗。
• The purchase of armoured personnel carriers ( APCs) from Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles marked a departure from decades of reliance on China's lumbering state defence contractors.
  从陕西宝鸡专用汽车有限公司（ShaanxiBaojiSpecialVehicles）购买装甲人员输送车（APC），表明中国军队告别了数十年来依赖迟缓的国有国防承包商的历史。
• 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。