Lumber
['lʌmbə] or ['lʌmbɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.
(verb.) move heavily or clumsily; 'The heavy man lumbered across the room'.
整理:罗莎--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
(n.) Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
(n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
(b. t.) To heap together in disorder.
(b. t.) To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
(v. i.) To move heavily, as if burdened.
(v. i.) To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
(v. i.) To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
手打:凯勒
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Trash, trumpery, rubbish.[2]. [U. S.] Sawed or split timber.
v. n. [1]. Heap in disorder.[2]. Fill with trumpery.
v. n. [1]. Trudge, move heavily.[2]. [U. S.] Cut timber, prepare logs for lumber.
錄入:罗兰
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Choke, crowd, obstruct, encumber
ANT:Clear, disencumber, utilize, economize
SYN:Trash, rubbish, refuse
ANT:Valuables, commodities, stock
整理:维维安
解釋/意思:
n. anything cumbersome or useless: timber sawed or split for use.—v.t. to fill with lumber: to heap together in confusion.—n. Lum′berer one employed in felling timber and bringing it from the forest.—adj. Lum′bering filling with lumber: putting in confusion.—n. Lum′ber-room a room for holding things not in use.
v.i. to move heavily.
整理:拉尔夫
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of lumber, denotes many difficult tasks and but little remuneration or pleasure. To see piles of lumber burning, indicates profit from an unexpected source. To dream of sawing lumber, denotes unwise transactions and unhappiness.
校對:莫蒂默
例句/造句/用法:
- Redwood lumber, being light in weight and singularly free from many of the defects so prevalent in other wood, is extremely easy to work. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- There was no way of reaching Humboldt at that time except to take passage on a San Francisco sailing vessel going after lumber. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Holmes spent the evening in rummaging among the files of the old daily papers with which one of our lumber-rooms was packed. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Canadian lumber was used principally in this industry. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The lumber from the redwood tree is light, and ranges in color from medium to light cherry, while the lumber from the Big Trees, or _Sequoia Gigantia_, has a decided pink cast. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- These objects discomposed me more, perhaps, than it would be wise to say, as also did the dust, lumber, and stifling heat of the place. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I see no reason for using anything but common lumber for this purpose, as upon swelling it will close up tight enough to keep out the air. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- What time, the mail-coach lumbered, jolted, rattled, and bumped upon its tedious way, with its three fellow-inscrutables inside. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The coach lumbered on again, with heavier wreaths of mist closing round it as it began the descent. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The Dover road lay, as to him, beyond the Dover mail, as it lumbered up Shooter's Hill. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- A substitute for the slow animal, horse, and for the dangerous, noisy steam horse and its lumbering locomotive and train, was hailed with delight. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- You call at the Temple late,' he remarked, with a lumbering show of ease. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Symptoms of a lumbering coquetry became visible in her, and Archer found the strength to break in: But Madame Olenska--has she gone to Newport too? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Adolph tripped gracefully forward, and Tom, with lumbering tread, went after. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Here, Bruno, he called, whistling to the lumbering Newfoundland, who came pitching tumultuously toward them. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- There is a huge lumbering Saint Christopher yonder, sufficient to bear a whole company to the earth. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Gradually, it subsided to a foot pace, swinging and lumbering upward among the many sweet scents of a summer night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Nor Our Johnny, he scarce know'd either, for sometimes when the mangle lumbers he says, “Me choking, Granny! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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