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cumbersome

美音:[´kʌmbəsəm ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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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