lumber
要点材木
意味
- 《米》(製材した)材木,板材(《英》timber)
- 《英》がらくた,(場所ふさぎの)古道具;《話》《a~》やっかいもの
- 《米》〈樹木〉を切って木材にする
- …にがらくたを詰め込む《+up+名,+名+up》;(がらくたで)〈場所〉をふさぐ《+up+名〈場所〉+with+名》
- (…を)〈特に体重のある人が〉のっしのっしと歩く;〈重い車などが〉ガタガタと通る《+down(along,by,past)[+名]》
例文
It's difficult to find good lumber these days.
近頃はよい材木を見つけるのが難しいですね。
The vessel was loaded with coal, lumber, and so on.
その船には石炭や材木などが積まれていた。
It's hard to find good lumber these days.
近頃はよい材木を見つけるのが難しいですね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as lame. Possibly influenced by Lumbar, an obsolete variant of Lombard, the Italian immigrant class known for being pawnbrokers and money-lenders in early England. Compare English lumpish.