词汇 | lumbering |
释义 | lumbering present participle oflumber 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 inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily lurch reel squeeze toddle toil totter tottering totteringly tumble Phrasal verblumber someone with something Examples of lumberinglumbering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The music industry is commonly criticised for being monolithic and lumbering, but it is seeking alternative revenue sources beyond the exploitation of physical content. The lumbering orchestral chords suggested an implacable sacrificial religious rite. Vehicles are nothing but survival machines, lumbering robots controlled by the replicators that produced them. This moment suggests a lumbering, witless quality to the production, one that substitutes broad strokes for nuance and character development. Peterson mapped out a landscape twenty years on in which corporate 'dinosaurs' - global music companies - would still be lumbering around. To hear these searing alto riffs lumbering along an octave lower than they were meant to sound creates an effect of sheer struggle, more sub- than superhuman. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that they have been casting around in an attempt to find rather more solid ground to support their lumbering chargers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year, this lumbering, ponderous body could produce only six reports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know there is one that infrequently comes along, a great steam sloop, a lumbering thing, and slow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not in favour of lumbering the balance sheet with more and more intangibles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our media industry now earns more for us than the lumbering behemoths of nationalised industries ever did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not be thinking in terms of the very heavy, rather lumbering, cumbersome battleship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Incidentally, they are all the time lumbering up their political proposals and machine to take another private enterprise industry over to their system of nationalisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can they see any sense in their elders, who insist upon lumbering them with this nonsense? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why are we lumbering our industry with such a ridiculous burden? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
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