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ponderous

美音:[´pɔndərəs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.沉重的,笨重的,冗长的,沉闷的,(指问题等)呆板的

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名词:ponderousness 副词:ponderously

词根

pend,pens=to hang(悬挂),to weigh(衡量)

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bulky  clumsy  cumbersome  heavy  massive  unwieldy  weighty    

ponderous


/'pɒndərəs; `pɑndərəs/
adj
1 slow and awkward because of great weight 笨重的
*a fat man's ponderous movements 胖男人的笨拙动作.
2 (derog 贬) (of speech, written style, etc) without vigour or inspiration; dull; laboured (指讲话、文章风格等)沉闷的, 乏味的, 艰涩的.

ponderous


adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: pondéreux, from Latin ponderosus, from pondus; PONDER]
slow or awkward because of being very big and heavy
 an elephant's ponderous walk
boring, very serious, and seeming to progress very slowly
 a ponderous and difficult book
 The system, though ponderous, works.
>ponderouslyadv
>ponderousnessn[U]