Word · Frequency #18664
lumber
木材；木料
Wood that has been cut and prepared for building.
- 1.
Useless or cumbrous material.
无用或笨重的材料
- 2.
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
木材
- 3.
an implement used in baseball by the batter
球棒
废旧杂物；笨重物品；球棒；无用或笨重的材料；木材；破旧家俱
In use
The carpenter selected the finest lumber for the table.
The lumberyard sells various lumbers, including pine and oak.
The batter swung the lumber and smashed a double.
Connections
Collocations
- lumber industry
- 木材工业
- The lumber industry supports many jobs in this area.木材工业为该地区提供了许多就业机会。
- lumber yard
- 木材场；木料场
- We ordered the planks from a local lumber yard.我们从当地一家木材场订购了这些木板。
- cut lumber
- 把木材锯成板材
- The sawmill cuts lumber for construction companies.锯木厂为建筑公司锯制木材。
- old lumber
- 废旧杂物；旧木料
- They cleared the old lumber out of the shed.他们把棚屋里的废旧杂物清理了出去。
- swing the lumber
- 挥动球棒
- The batter swung the lumber and knocked the ball out of the park.击球手挥动球棒，把球打出了球场。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
谐音联想：lumber 像‘烂木头’——烂木头既是笨重废料，也能作木材，棒球棒也是木质。记住‘烂木头’就记住木材与废旧杂物两义。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：construction and woodworking、clearing old furniture or clutter、baseball broadcast or talk lumber 作名词通常指“木材/木料”，属中性词，多用于建筑、木工等场合；表示“废旧杂物、笨重物品”时较口语化，常出现在清理杂物或搬家的语境中；在棒球语境中可指“球棒”，多见于体育转播或口语表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 lumber 押韵的有 number 和 slumber，均读 /ʌmbɚ/。plumber、dumber、climber 虽也拼作 -mber，但 b 不发音（climber 的元音为 /aɪ/）；timber 的 b 发音但元音为 /ɪ/，都与 lumber 的 /ʌmbɚ/ 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.