lumbering
present participle oflumber
| 单词 | lumbering |
| 释义 | lumbering present participle oflumber lumber verb[Iusually+ adv/prep] uk/ˈlʌm.bər/us/ˈlʌm.bɚ/tomoveslowlyandawkwardly: In thedistance, we couldseeaherdofelephantslumberingacrosstheplain. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
Phrasal verblumbersomeonewithsomething Examplesoflumberinglumbering 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 andlumbering, but it is seeking alternative revenue sources beyond the exploitation of physical content. From theCambridge English Corpus Thelumberingorchestral chords suggested an implacable sacrificial religious rite. From theCambridge English Corpus Vehicles are nothing but survival machines,lumberingrobots controlled by the replicators that produced them. From theCambridge English Corpus This moment suggests alumbering, witless quality to the production, one that substitutes broad strokes for nuance and character development. From theCambridge English Corpus Peterson mapped out a landscape twenty years on in which corporate 'dinosaurs' - global music companies - would still belumberingaround. From theCambridge English Corpus To hear these searing alto riffslumberingalong an octave lower than they were meant to sound creates an effect of sheer struggle, more sub- than superhuman. From theCambridge English Corpus It is hardly surprising, therefore, that they have been casting around in an attempt to find rather more solid ground to support theirlumberingchargers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year, thislumbering, ponderous body could produce only six reports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know there is one that infrequently comes along, a great steam sloop, alumberingthing, and slow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not in favour oflumberingthe balance sheet with more and more intangibles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our media industry now earns more for us than thelumberingbehemoths of nationalised industries ever did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not be thinking in terms of the very heavy, ratherlumbering, cumbersome battleship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Incidentally, they are all the timelumberingup 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How can they see any sense in their elders, who insist uponlumberingthem with this nonsense? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why are welumberingour industry with such a ridiculous burden? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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