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cumber

/kuhm-ber/US // ˈkʌm bər //UK // (ˈkʌmbə) //

伐木工人,伐木者,伐木累,伐木场

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to hinder; hamper.
    • : to overload; burden.
    • : to inconvenience; trouble.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hindrance.
    • : something that cumbers.
    • : Archaic. embarrassment; trouble.

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Examples

  • There is no specimen at present in the Museum, the one stuffed by Miss Cumber having, as above mentioned, disappeared.

  • God had, at any rate, decreed that this man should not cumber it as a drone.

  • My followers have fled, though I am glad to see some of the hare-livered dogs cumber the ground.

  • I believe,' said she smiling, though she sighed too, 'that I am still to cumber the ground a little longer.

  • There is (p. 361) no picturesque decay in London; what is not of use must go: it dare not cumber the precious ground.