1. | [i] + adv./prep. 缓慢吃力地移动;笨拙地行进to move in a slow, heavy and awkward way |
A family of elephants lumbered by. 一群大象迈着缓慢而沉重的步子从旁边经过。 |
2. | [t][usupass] (informal) ~ sb (with sb/sth) 迫使担负(职责等)to give sb a responsibility, etc., that they do not want and that they cannot get rid of |
When our parents went out, my sister got lumbered with me for the evening. 父母外出时,晚上姐姐就得照管我。 |