lumber

材木、製材

建築や物作りのため、板などに切った木材。

やさしい英語で： Wood cut into boards or other pieces for building or making things.

• We need lumber for the new shed.
• The truck delivered lumber to the building site.
• Lumber prices rose again this year.

類義語： timber

よく使う表現： lumber yard, lumber prices, pine lumber

のそのそ歩く

体が重いかのように、ゆっくりぎこちなく動く。

やさしい英語で： To move slowly and awkwardly, as if your body is heavy.

• The bear lumbered through the forest.
• He lumbered up the stairs with his bags.
• A huge truck was lumbering along the narrow road.

使い方： lumber along/across/into somewhere (The bear lumbered across the road.)

類義語： trudge, plod

よく使う表現： lumber along, lumber toward someone, lumber up stairs

押し付ける、負担を負わせる

望まない、対処の難しい仕事や問題、責任を人に押し付ける。

やさしい英語で： To give someone an unwanted job, problem, or responsibility that is difficult to deal with.

• They lumbered me with the extra work.
• She was lumbered with debts after the business failed.
• Why am I always lumbered with organizing everything?

使い方： lumber someone with something (They lumbered me with all the cleaning.); be lumbered with something (We were lumbered with a huge bill.)

類義語： burden, saddle

よく使う表現： lumber someone with something, lumber someone with paperwork

がらくたで埋める

不要な家具や物で場所をいっぱいにして、狭くする。

やさしい英語で： To fill a place with unwanted furniture or other things so that it becomes crowded.

• Old furniture lumbered the narrow hall.
• They lumbered up the attic with broken chairs.
• The spare room was lumbered with boxes.

使い方： lumber something up with something (They lumbered the room up with old chairs.)

類義語： clutter, encumber

よく使う表現： lumber up something, lumber a room