Lumber



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 蹒跚而行, 笨拙地走; n. 杂物
• ［英］ n. 杂物 ( miscellaneous discarded household articles)
• ［类］ lumber : grace / waver : resolution ( 笨拙地移动不会优雅 / 动摇不会坚决) 反义词: glide ( 滑行)
• ［记］ lumber 原意是""木材""之意

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (lumbered; lumbering)

• Etymology: Middle English lomeren
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to move ponderously
• 2. rumble

II. noun

• Etymology: perhaps from Lombard; from the use of pawnshops as storehouses of disused property
• Date: 1552
• 1. surplus or disused articles (as furniture) that are stored away
• 2.
  • a. timber or logs especially when dressed for use
  • b. any of various structural materials prepared in a form similar to lumber
• ? lumber adjective

III. verb (lumbered; lumbering)

• Date: 1642
• transitive verb
  • 1. to clutter with or as if with lumber ; encumber <plan to lumber the tiny town with a giant ski resort — Marilyn Stasio>
  • 2. to heap together in disorder
  • 3. to log and saw the timber of
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to cut logs for lumber
  • 2. to saw logs into lumber for the market
• ? lumberer noun

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