一、詳細(xì)釋義：


n.

木材


例句：

They grade the lumber by its resistance to rot.

他們根據(jù)抗腐性將那些木材分類。


例句：

Lumber prices go up, and higher prices for new houses are bound to result.

木材價(jià)格上漲，新建房屋的價(jià)格勢(shì)必隨著上漲。


廢物，無(wú)用的雜物


例句：

The wheels had been consigned to the loft as useless lumber.

那些輪子已作為廢物堆放在閣樓上。


例句：

It was in this room that he kept disused portmanteaus , battered japanned cases, and other lumber.

他在這個(gè)小房間里存放著廢棄不用的旅行皮箱、磨損撞壞的日本漆盒以及其他無(wú)用雜物。


隆隆聲


例句：

The earthquake began with a low lumber.

地震開(kāi)始時(shí)發(fā)出低沉的隆隆聲。


例句：

The lumber of the train slowly died away.

火車的隆隆聲慢慢消逝了。


v.

伐木 [I,T]


例句：

This valley was lumbered hard, during the past decade.

在過(guò)去十年里，這個(gè)山谷的林木被大肆采伐。


笨重地行進(jìn) [I,T]


例句：

He turned and lumbered back to his chair.

他轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，蹣跚著走回到椅子邊坐下。


例句：

He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry.

他眼睛直視前方，加速超過(guò)了前面一輛慢吞吞行進(jìn)的大卡車。


隆隆地前行 [I]


例句：

The cars lumbered past Magdalen and the University Church.

汽車隆隆駛過(guò)馬德林和大學(xué)教堂。


例句：

A heavy truck lumbered by.

一輛重型卡車隆隆駛過(guò)。


亂堆 [I,T]


例句：

Do not lumber my shelf up with your collection of stones and insects.

別在我的架子上亂堆你采集的石頭和昆蟲(chóng)。


例句：

The house is lumbered up with useless articles.

這棟房子里堆滿了沒(méi)用的物品。


二、詞義辨析：


lumber,timber,wood,log

這些名詞均有“木材”、“木”之意。 lumber指伐下后未經(jīng)削磨的木材，現(xiàn)多用于美國(guó)英語(yǔ)中。 timber指經(jīng)過(guò)匠人初步加要的備用木材，多用于英國(guó)英語(yǔ)。 wood最普通用詞，含義廣，除表示“木材，木”外，還可用復(fù)數(shù)形式表示森林。 log指原木或圓木。


三、參考例句：


Lumber casts.

木料會(huì)變形扭曲。


This lumber is seasoned for several years.

這種木柴已經(jīng)風(fēng)干好幾年了。


They grade the lumber by its resistance to rot.

他們根據(jù)抗腐性將那些木材分類。


The lumber of the train slowly died away.

火車的隆隆聲慢慢消逝了。


I can get local lumber from a sawmill.

我可以從伐木場(chǎng)弄到本地木材。


He refused to lumber himself with a family.

他不愿有家室拖累。


Can you hack it as a lumber jack?

你當(dāng)伐木工人可以熬得住嗎？


Piles of lumber were stacked along the road.

大量的木材堆放在路邊。


Lumber prices go up, and higher prices for new houses are bound to result.

木材價(jià)格上漲，新建房屋的價(jià)格勢(shì)必隨著上漲。


The forest provides lumber, habitat and freshwater and it sequesters vast amounts of carbon.

森林可以提供木材、動(dòng)物棲息地和淡水，還能儲(chǔ)備大量的碳。