cumbersome
美音:
[´kʌmbəsəm
]英音:
[´kʌmbəsəm
]adj.讨厌的,麻烦的,笨重的
难易程度:
cumbersome为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:cumbersomely
词根
cumb=to lie down(横躺)
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cumbersome
/'kʌmbəsəm; `kʌmbɚsəm/
adj
1 heavy and difficult to carry, wear, etc (对于携带、穿戴等)笨重的
*a cumbersome parcel, overcoat 沉重的包裹、大衣.
2 slow and inefficient 迟缓而缺乏效率的
*the university's cumbersome administrative procedures 这所大学拖拖拉拉的行政工作.
cumbersome
adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: cumber 'to prevent from moving freely, load' (14-20 centuries) (from encumber) + -some]
a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult
Doctors are complaining that the system is cumbersome and bureaucratic.
cumbersome procedures
heavy and difficult to move
a large cumbersome machine
words or phrases that are cumbersome are long or complicated