no obj., with adverbial of direction
- move in a slow, heavy, awkward way笨拙地移动; 缓慢吃力地移动：
a truck filled his mirror and lumbered past
一辆卡车出现在他的后视镜中并缓缓地超了过去
as adj. lumbering Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort鲍伯是一个块头大、体态笨重、脾气温和的人
figurative 〈喻〉a lumbering bureaucracy.
臃肿的官僚机构。
词源
late Middle English lomere, perhaps symbolic of clumsy movement.
mass noun
1
- chiefly Brit. articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space〈主英〉（占去不少地方的）废旧家具（或废旧家用杂物）。
2
- chiefly N. Amer. timber sawn into rough planks or otherwise partly prepared〈主北美〉成材; 锯制板; 方材。
1
- with obj.（常作be lumbered with） Brit. informal burden (someone) with an unwanted responsibility, task, or set of circumstances〈英, 非正式〉拖累：
the banks do not want to be lumbered with a building that they cannot sell.
银行不想被一座卖不出去的建筑所拖累。
2
- no obj. [usu. as noun lumbering] chiefly N. Amer. cut and prepare forest timber for transport and sale〈主北美〉采伐林木（以备运输或出售）。
词源
mid 16th cent.: perhaps from LUMBER1; later associated with obsolete lumber 'pawnbroker's shop'.