英语词汇“lumberer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lumber¹ /lumˈbər/

noun

Furniture stored away out of use

Anything cumbersome or useless

Timber, esp sawn or split for use (N American)

transitive verb

To fill with lumber

To heap together in confusion

To burden with something, eg a task or responsibility, that is unwanted or troublesome (informal)

To cut the timber from

intransitive verb

To work as a lumberjack

ORIGIN: Perhaps from lumber⁴ or from lumber² influenced by lumber⁴

lumˈberer noun

A lumberjack

lumˈbering noun

Felling, sawing and removal of timber

lumˈber-camp noun

A lumberman's camp

lumˈberjack or lumˈberman noun

Someone employed in the felling, sawing, etc of timber

lumˈberjacket noun

A man's jacket, usu in bold-patterned heavy material

lumˈber-mill noun

A sawmill

lumber room noun

A room for storing things not in use

lumˈber-yard noun

A timber-yard

lumber² /lumˈbər/

intransitive verb

To move heavily and clumsily
To rumble

ORIGIN: ME lomeren, perh a frequentative formed from lome, a variant of lame¹; but cf dialect Swed lomra to resound

lumˈberer noun

lumˈbering adjective

lumˈberly or lumˈbersome adjective

lumˈbersomeness noun

lumber⁴ /lumˈbər/ (slang)

noun

Pawn (archaic)
A pawnshop (archaic)
Prison

transitive verb (archaic)

To pawn
To imprison

ORIGIN: See Lombard

lumˈberer noun (obsolete)

A pawnbroker

lumˈber-pieˈ noun

A pie of meat or fish, with eggs

in lumber (slang)

In trouble
In prison

lumber1 /lumˈbər/

lumber2 /lumˈbər/

lumber4 /lumˈbər/ (slang)

lumber¹ /lumˈbər/

lumber² /lumˈbər/

lumber⁴ /lumˈbər/ (slang)