| 英语单词 | lumbering |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['lʌmbərɪŋ] 美 ['lʌmbərɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.动作迟缓笨拙的 n.伐木(业) 动词lumber的现在分词. |
| 英语例句 | (1) Some lumbering tank would suddenly make an unbelievably tight turn. (2) I knew how common it was for these lumbering giants to be gashed by boat propellers. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 某些重型坦克会突然做一个不可思议的急转弯。 (2) 我很清楚这些笨拙的大家伙经常会被轮船的螺旋桨刮伤。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Someone who's lumbering moves in a heavy, ungainly way. The big, lumbering players on a football team tend to play defensive positions like lineman. |
| vocabulary扩展 | You might normally skip lightly down the street, but when you're carrying two big suitcases and wearing a heavy backpack, you'll be a lumbering figure slowly making your way along the sidewalk. Your toy poodle might move easily, while your giant 150-pound Mastiff is a lumbering, drooling companion. This adjective comes from the verb lumber, from the earlier lomere, which has a Scandinavian root. |
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