Lumbering

(noun.) the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber.

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• A substitute for the slow animal, horse, and for the dangerous, noisy steam horse and its lumbering locomotive and train, was hailed with delight. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• You call at the Temple late,' he remarked, with a lumbering show of ease. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Symptoms of a lumbering coquetry became visible in her, and Archer found the strength to break in: But Madame Olenska--has she gone to Newport too? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Adolph tripped gracefully forward, and Tom, with lumbering tread, went after. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Here, Bruno, he called, whistling to the lumbering Newfoundland, who came pitching tumultuously toward them. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• There is a huge lumbering Saint Christopher yonder, sufficient to bear a whole company to the earth. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Gradually, it subsided to a foot pace, swinging and lumbering upward among the many sweet scents of a summer night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There was a heavy lumbering of wheels within hearing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The thought-processes in Washington are too lumbering for the needs of this nation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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