cumbersome

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a. 笨重的, 麻烦的, 累赘的

发音

UK /ˈkʌmbəsəm/
其它
US /ˈkʌmbɚsəm/

词形变化

more cumbersome 比较级 most cumbersome 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.

    繁琐

    繁重

  2. 2.

    Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.

    笨重

    麻烦

    Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

  3. 3.

    Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

    麻烦

    A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

  4. 4.

    Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

awkward clumsy inept cumbrous ill-chosen inapt

近义相关 3

unmanageable unwieldy infelicitous

词源

From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.

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