| 词汇 | lumber |
| 释义 | lumber verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] uk /ˈlʌm.bər/ us /ˈlʌm.bɚ/ to move slowly and awkwardly: 缓慢笨拙地移动 In the distance, we could see a herd of elephants lumbering across the plain.我们可以看见远处有一群大象缓缓穿过平原。 to walk in a way that is not controlled or even stumbleHe was stumbling around the house like he was drunk. lumberWe held our breath as a black bear lumbered across the hiking trail ahead of us. galumphThe children galumphed down the steps and raced outside to play. bumbleHe bumbled into her and spilled her drink down her gown. falterThe dancer faltered right before the jump and landed awkwardly. totterHe tottered carefully down the gangplank, clutching at the railing. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour halting hobble inflexibly limp lollop lumpily stagger stumblingly teeter toddle toil totter trundle tumble Phrasal verblumber someone with something lumber noun[ U ] USuk /ˈlʌm.bər/ us /ˈlʌm.bɚ/(UKtimber) C2 wood that has been prepared for building木材，木料 Types of wood American elm Atlantic white cedar balsa wood bark basswood black locust boxwood cork elm knotty matchwood MDF mulga oaken paulownia piny pitch pine ponderosa pine softwood three-ply lumber | American Dictionarylumber noun[ U ] us/ˈlʌm·bər/ lumbernoun[U] (WOOD)wood that has been cut into various lengths for building lumber verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ] us/ˈlʌm·bər/ lumberverb[I always + adv/prep] (MOVE)to move in a slow, awkward, and heavy way: A noisy, old, pickup truck lumbered past. lumber | Business Englishlumber noun[ U ] NATURAL RESOURCESuk /ˈlʌmbər/us → timber Examples of lumberlumber The 1993 volume of lumber exported, for example, reflected a 434 per cent increase above the 1983 figure. In terms of capital investment, lumber production provided the next least expensive way of increasing exports with a ready external market. The opportunity to break loose from obligations to clan and lineage elders attracted thousands of young men into the lumber camps each year. The lumber was used to build a substantial sleeping hut, as well as a watchtower, from which the behaviour of the ice could be observed. Recruiters were able to evade administrative supervision and engage workers from circonscriptions hundreds of miles from the lumber camps. Obviously, the prosecution should not be lumbered with having to eliminate all possible doubts from the minds of jurors, only their reasonable doubts. One interviewee suggested that more local processing of logs into dimension lumber would add value and offer longer periods of employment. Vehicles are nothing but survival machines, lumbering robots controlled by the replicators that produced them. It does not burden the soft positivists with what many of them would see as unwanted ontological lumber. This segment of the worker population moved from lumber camp to lumber camp selling their labor to the highest bidder. That "lumber-room" is both the origin and the narrative destination of the story. The two main causes of deforestation are land clearance for agriculture and commercial exploitation of forests for logs, lumber, fuel (including charcoal), and pulpwood. Finally, we took into account different existing studies to estimate the extraction of wood products from natural forests (firewood, charcoal and lumber). In 1990, foreign exchange generated by lumber exports had increased by 903 per cent, whilst furniture and fixtures increased by 619 per cent. The increase in foreign exchange generated was also boosted by an increase in the contribution made by the export of kiln-dried lumber. See all examples of lumber These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withlumberlumberThese are words often used in combination with lumber. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. dimensional lumber The wood is used for dimensional lumber, timbers, pilings, and plywood. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. lumber business He resumed the lumberbusiness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. lumber company He also owned a lumbercompany. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with lumber |
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