lumber
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lum·ber1 /ˈlʌmbə $ -ər/ verb 1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]WALK to move in a slow awkward way 缓慢而笨拙地移动lumber up/towards/into/along etc They lumbered along slowly. 他们笨拙地慢慢前行。 A blue bus lumbered past. 一辆蓝色公共汽车慢吞吞地驶过。2 [transitive] informalJOB/TASK to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want 迫使担负〔不愿意承担的工作或责任〕get/be lumbered with something A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children. 一旦我有了丈夫和孩子的拖累，想在事业上有所发展就不那么容易了。3. [intransitive] American EnglishTAF to cut down trees in a large area and prepare them to be sold 伐木→ See Verb table
TAFpieces of wood used for building, that have been cut to specific lengths and widths 木材，木料 SYN timber2. British English informalTHING large objects that are no longer useful or wanted 废旧笨重的物品
Examples from the Corpus
lumber• We chat about the lumbering, and the latest antics at Mount Blue, in my neck of the woods.• With that, he stood and slowly lumbered his way down the patch.• The Red Flag taxi lumbered off into the night.• She lumbered out of bed, reached for the too recently removed dressing-gown and took herself off to her bathroom.• Two Hearthwares, huge in their armour, lumbered over to join in the fray.• Djindjic told a rally at Republic Square that Milosevic was trying to lumber the police with responsibility for failed government policy.• Instead of proceeding at his normal brisk trot, he lumbered up the step-ladder and heaved himself ponderously inside the machine's cabin.• I was lumbered with one hairstyle and that's the way it would stay.lumber up/towards/into/along etc• Stranger lumbered up and went to meet him.• Slowly the boiler began to rattle and, sure enough, it lumbered into life.• The Subway Series lumbers along like a freight train overloaded with nitroglycerine on a mountain pass.• Then one day Mark was lumbering up Parliament Hill, and Babur came running up from behind.• It approaches Rome, lumbering up the Appian Way, doubling its size every few minutes.• After she had oiled the hinges, she paused a moment before lumbering up the stairs.• Instead of proceeding at his normal brisk trot, he lumbered up the step-ladder and heaved himself ponderously inside the machine's cabin.• Roused, the Monsignor hiked the skirt of his voluminous cassock and lumbered up to the podium.get/be lumbered with something• Yours truly got lumbered with delivering all the Christmas boxes and of course, each time I got asked in.• And they were lumbered with me.• I was lumbered with one hairstyle and that's the way it would stay.lumber2 noun [uncountable] 1. TAFpieces of wood used for building, that have been cut to specific lengths and widths 木材，木料 SYN timber2. British English informalTHING large objects that are no longer useful or wanted 废旧笨重的物品Examples from the Corpus
lumber• I love these woods, even as we harvest lumber from them.• Fast-growing forest trees could do more than increase the world's sup ply of lumber and pulp.• Only a pile of broken concrete, loose bricks and splintered lumber remained.From Longman Business Dictionarylumberlum‧ber /ˈlʌmbə-ər/ noun [uncountable] wood that has been prepared for saleSYN TIMBERThe company operates 50 lumber and building material retail stores.Origin lumber1 1. (1300-1400) Perhaps from a Scandinavian language. 2. (1800-1900) → LUMBER2 lumber2 (1600-1700) lumber “disused furniture and other objects” ((16-21 centuries)), perhaps from lombard “shop where money is lent in exchange for objects” ((16-19 centuries))lum·ber1 verblumber2 nounChineseSyllable
awkward in a to Business Corpus move slow way
lumber
lum‧ber1 /ˈlʌmbə $ -ər/ 
verb
Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language.1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move in a slow awkward way
lumber up/towards/into/along etc
They lumbered along slowly.
A blue bus lumbered past.
2. [transitive] informal to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want
get/be lumbered with something
A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children.
3. [intransitive] American English to cut down trees in a large area and prepare them to be sold
lumber2 noun [uncountable]
1. pieces of wood used for building, that have been cut to specific lengths and widths
SYN timber
2. British English informal large objects that are no longer useful or wanted
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verb Sense 1
Date: 1300-1400Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language.
lumber up/towards/into/along etc
2. [transitive] informal to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want
get/be lumbered with something
3. [intransitive] American English to cut down trees in a large area and prepare them to be sold
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noun [uncountable] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: lumber 'disused furniture and other objects' (16-21 centuries), perhaps from lombard 'shop where money is lent in exchange for objects' (16-19 centuries)
Origin: lumber 'disused furniture and other objects' (16-21 centuries), perhaps from lombard 'shop where money is lent in exchange for objects' (16-19 centuries)
1. pieces of wood used for building, that have been cut to specific lengths and widths
SYN timber
2. British English informal large objects that are no longer useful or wanted
especially