lumbering

• 形容人或物移动缓慢、沉重而笨拙。

Describes a person or thing that moves in a slow, heavy, and awkward way.

1. Slow and heavyB2formal

   Moving in a slow, heavy, and awkward way, typically due to large size or weight.

   迟缓笨重

   • The lumbering elephant made its way through the jungle.
   • A lumbering truck slowly climbed the steep hill.
   • His lumbering gait made him easy to spot in a crowd.

   同义词awkwardclumsycumbersomeheavyheavy-footedlaboredlumpishponderousslow-movingungainly

   反义词agilegracefullightnimblequickswift

• 采伐、加工和销售木材的行业或活动。

The trade or business of cutting, preparing, and selling timber.

不可数

1. Timber tradeB2formal

   The business or activity of cutting, preparing, and selling timber.

   木材业

   • Lumbering is a major industry in the Pacific Northwest.
   • He worked in lumbering for over twenty years.
   • The region's economy relies heavily on lumbering.

   同义词logging

• 指缓慢、沉重而笨拙地移动；也指给某人增添不必要的负担或拖累。

A verb used to indicate the act of moving in a slow, heavy, and awkward way, or to burden someone with something unwanted.

1. Move heavily and clumsilyB2formal

   To move in a slow, heavy, and awkward way.

   笨重地移动

   • The bear lumbered through the forest.
   • He lumbered up the stairs, exhausted.
   • The old truck lumbered down the dirt road.

   同义词clumpgalumphlurchplodshamblestaggerstumptrudgewaddle

   反义词boundglideskipsprint

2. Cut and prepare timberB2formal

   To cut down trees and prepare them for use as wood.

   伐木

   • They lumbered the forest for construction materials.
   • The company has been lumbering in this region for decades.
   • Workers lumbered the pine trees for export.

   同义词fellhewlogsaw