| 单词 | lumber |
| 释义 | lumber (once / 602 pages) 1nv 2v 3n Do you move clumsily, heavily and slowly, without a shred of grace? Then it sounds like you might lumber. Sorry to hear that. Lots of other words and phrases are associated with our friend lumber. Particularly large or tall people are almost inevitably said to lumber, as the common phrase "lumbering giant," attests. You never hear of a tip-toeing giant, but some of them must. Lumberjack, meaning someone who cuts down trees, is another. Often lumber, in the sense of planks of wood, is interchangeable with the word timber. WORD FAMILYlumber: lumbered, lumbering, lumbers+/lumbering: lumberingly, lumberings USAGE EXAMPLESIames would collect old lumber to build skis, lawn ornaments and doorstops to earn extra money as a child. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Iraqi special forces are trying to compensate for lumbering armored military units. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) The only thing more bleak and dated than the duskier varieties of wood is lumber with a past. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material Syn|Hypo|Hyper timber stock lumber used in the construction of something stripthin piece of wood or metal board, planka stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes plankingplanks collectively; a quantity of planks battena strip fixed to something to hold it firm cleata strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached fingerboarda narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers furring, furring stripstrip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard jackstraw, spillikina thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws matchboarda board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor) pale, picketa wooden strip forming part of a fence skidone of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects slat, splinea thin strip (wood or metal) splinea flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines toothpickpick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth strake, walethick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship chipboard, hardboarda cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin deala plank of softwood (fir or pine board) building material material used for constructing buildings 2v cut lumber, as in woods and forests 2Syn|Hyper log cut down, drop, fell, strike down cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow v move heavily or clumsily 3The heavy man lumbered across the room Syn|Hyper pound walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps n an implement used in baseball by the batter Syn|Hyper baseball bat baseball equipment equipment used in playing baseball bata club used for hitting a ball in various games |
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