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lumbering

/luhm-ber-ing/US // ˈlʌm bər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈlʌmbərɪŋ) //

伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the trade or business of cutting and preparing lumber.

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Examples

  • These gentle, lumbering herbivores spend their days leisurely munching on greenery, not stalking prey.

  • I squinted my eyes, and through a veil of trees, I could just make out a lumbering dark figure approaching.

  • The same goes for Mark Madsen, the lumbering 6-foot-9 forward out of Stanford.

  • But his lumbering lurch toward the Ted Cruz tin-foil-hat convention should instead be an object lesson for Republicans to come.

  • For now, Carlisle says the best way to keep rhinos alive is by moving them, one lumbering gray creature at a time.

  • Today, however, that same, lumbering Julio Cesar kept Brazil in the World Cup.

  • Pop, pop, pop, Ali—then Cassius Clay—surrounded the lumbering Scandinavian with zinging leather.

  • This was about the time a Texas lumbering company was becoming a major stockholder in Time Inc.

  • The firm foundation that Scattergood's strategy rested upon was that lumbering had not really started in the valley.

  • At last the day came and the journey was begun, first on horseback and then by a lumbering stage coach.

  • Jake was clubfooted, lumbering, with his jaws grown into great jowls of bone, his arms elongated and ending in hooks.

  • After he had all the fun he wanted out of the lumbering frigate, he spread all sail again and soon left her out of sight.

  • The Japanese are engaged chiefly in lumbering and fishing, but the Chinese are found everywhere in the province.