engage in lumbering
lumbering 是不可数名词，表示伐木业。
Many people engage in lumbering as their main livelihood.
许多人以伐木为主要生计。
伐木；伐木业
笨重、笨拙的移动；伐木、加工或销售木材的行业
the trade of cutting, preparing, or selling timber
笨重、笨拙的移动
The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
伐木、加工或销售木材的行业
the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
The town's economy depends on lumbering and tourism.
这个城镇的经济依赖于伐木业和旅游业。
用法提示：lumbering 作名词，表示“伐木业”。
He spent his youth working in lumbering before moving to the city.
他年轻时从事伐木业，后来搬到了城市。
用法提示：lumbering 作名词，指伐木工作或行业。
Modern lumbering uses heavy machinery to cut and transport trees.
现代伐木业使用重型机械来砍伐和运输树木。
用法提示：lumbering 为名词，指伐木行业。
lumbering 是不可数名词，表示伐木业。
Many people engage in lumbering as their main livelihood.
许多人以伐木为主要生计。
lumbering 作定语，形容体形大而动作笨拙。
The lumbering elephant slowly crossed the river.
那头笨拙的大象慢慢地过河。
lumbering 作表语，形容语言或行动迟缓、不流畅。
His speech was lumbering and difficult to follow.
他的演讲表达不流畅，难以理解。
lumbering 强调体型大而动作迟缓，clumsy 更泛指笨手笨脚
lumbering 侧重因大而慢，awkward 侧重不自然
lumbering 更常指行走姿态，ponderous 可指任何沉重缓慢的事物
lumbering 常与体积大相关，ungainly 强调不雅观
lumbering 可描述整个动作，heavy-footed 特指脚步
此处取 lumbering 形容词义（笨拙的、动作迟缓的），不用于名词义“伐木业”；nimble 轻快灵巧，与沉重迟缓相对。
强调动作敏捷灵活，与 lumbering 的沉重笨拙相对。
强调行动轻快利落。
强调动作优美，侧重不笨拙。
clumsy 侧重不灵巧、易出错，而 lumbering 强调因体型大或负担重而动作迟缓沉重。
slumbering 指睡眠状态，而 lumbering 指姿态笨重、移动缓慢，二者发音相近但意义完全不同。
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