| 释义 |
lum·ber¹ /ˈlʌmbə(r)/ n. | vi. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 〈美〉成材；锯制板；方材 (= 〈英〉timber)
2. 〈英〉(堆放着的)家用废旧杂物；废旧家具
3. 无用的材料；赘肉
There are loads of learned lumber in his head. 他的脑袋里装着许多无用的学问。
They are broad in the shoulder, deep in the chest, and thin in the flank, carrying no lumber. 他们宽肩伟胸，胁腹精瘦，身上不长多余的肉。
4. 〈俚〉(尤指盗贼窝藏赃物的)房子，房间
II ❶ vi.
〈美〉伐木制材
❷ vt.
1. 〈美〉采伐…的林木；伐(树)
This valley was lumbered, hard, in 1915. 这个山谷的林木在1915年曾被大肆采伐。
2. (用破旧东西)占满 (with)
Don't lumber up my desk with your junk. 别把你那些乱七八糟的东西堆满我的书桌。
The story was lumbered with flashbacks. 故事里尽是倒叙。
3. 乱糟糟地堆放
all those things lumbered in the closet 壁橱里乱堆着的所有那些东西
4. 拖累；使陷入困境；逮捕，关押
He refused to lumber himself with a family. 他不愿有家室之累。
He got really lumbered. 他真的陷入困境了。
The police will lumber you sooner or later. 警察迟早会把你抓起来。
[< ? LOMBARD; 原义：pawnbroker's shop, storeroom, 转义：(pawned) articles in storage, lumber]
phr. be in lumber 碰到麻烦事；陷入困境 |