英语词汇“cumbersome”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINcumbersome

Origin:

1300-1400 cumber ‘to prevent from moving freely, load’ (14-20 centuries) (from encumber) + -some

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

I used to have one of those old sewing machines, but it was too cumbersome.
Leroy bitterly opposed the plan for being cumbersome and costly.
McMahon wore a cumbersome brace on his right leg.
The room was dominated by an enormous, cumbersome leather armchair.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A shovel had been too slow and cumbersome.
And they do away with cumbersome expense claims and time-consuming paperwork.
The end result was a delicious but rather cumbersome sandwich.
The engineers said their workplace was confining and their furniture was cumbersome.
They went back to natural oestrogen, a cumbersome and expensive product, harvested from the urine of pregnant mares.
Try dowsing without rods: it's much less cumbersome.

Longman Language Activatorbig objects/buildings/organizations etc► big

of greater than average size: · He lives in a big house in upstate New York.· "Which is your car?" "The big red one next to the wall."· The wind got louder and the waves grew bigger and bigger.· She struggled up the hill, carrying the baby and her big black bag.

► large

big. Large is more formal than big , and is more common in written English: · On the other side of the fence there was a large bull.· The hotel was quite large and very cold.· large agricultural corporations· Take the larger cushion to sit on -- you'll be more comfortable.· The largest urban areas in Britain lost population and employment in the 1950s and 60s.

► biggish

especially British, spoken fairly big, but not very big: · These chocolates cost £2 for a biggish box.· "What's the house like?" "Well, it has a biggish kitchen but all the other rooms are quite small."

► bulky

a bulky object is big and difficult to carry or move around, or difficult to fit into a normal-sized space: · The men were carrying bulky packages under their arms.· The room was full of bulky old furniture.· a bulky camera from the 1950s

► cumbersome

too big and heavy to carry or move easily: · I used to have one of those old sewing machines, but it was too cumbersome.· The room was dominated by an enormous, cumbersome leather armchair.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more

· On each occasion, though, the upward journey took longer, the years and events making the burden more cumbersome.

► rather

· Previously, large drums would have to be lifted and paint poured into the much smaller spray jug - rather cumbersome.· The end result was a delicious but rather cumbersome sandwich.· We were surprised to find the saw so easy to control, as it seemed rather cumbersome at first.· By now I was thinking that our simple request for shelter was turning into a rather cumbersome affair.· As this model stands it is rather cumbersome even with the simplifying assumption of a constant required rate of return.

► too

· It was too cumbersome to hang on a peg in the hall with the others.· Although the success rate is high, about 22 percent of apnea sufferers find the mask too cumbersome and discontinue the therapy.· This meeting could be too cumbersome to achieve anything.· It would not be too cumbersome to give such machines explicitly, but I shall not bother to do this here.· The tripod-mounted binoculars are too cumbersome and too powerful for this purpose.· These administrative units are too cumbersome.· Seen as potential rivals to his Dalek creations, Terry Nation's Mechonoids proved too cumbersome to move easily around the studios.· It is a little too cumbersome to be charming, although that bassline becomes increasingly frightening.

单词	cumbersome
释义	cumbersomecum‧ber‧some /ˈkʌmbəsəm $ -bər-/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINcumbersome Origin: 1300-1400 cumber ‘to prevent from moving freely, load’ (14-20 centuries) (from encumber) + -some Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I used to have one of those old sewing machines, but it was too cumbersome. Leroy bitterly opposed the plan for being cumbersome and costly. McMahon wore a cumbersome brace on his right leg. The room was dominated by an enormous, cumbersome leather armchair. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A shovel had been too slow and cumbersome. And they do away with cumbersome expense claims and time-consuming paperwork. The end result was a delicious but rather cumbersome sandwich. The engineers said their workplace was confining and their furniture was cumbersome. They went back to natural oestrogen, a cumbersome and expensive product, harvested from the urine of pregnant mares. Try dowsing without rods: it's much less cumbersome. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorbig objects/buildings/organizations etc► big of greater than average size: · He lives in a big house in upstate New York.· "Which is your car?" "The big red one next to the wall."· The wind got louder and the waves grew bigger and bigger.· She struggled up the hill, carrying the baby and her big black bag. ► large big. Large is more formal than big , and is more common in written English: · On the other side of the fence there was a large bull.· The hotel was quite large and very cold.· large agricultural corporations· Take the larger cushion to sit on -- you'll be more comfortable.· The largest urban areas in Britain lost population and employment in the 1950s and 60s. ► biggish especially British, spoken fairly big, but not very big: · These chocolates cost £2 for a biggish box.· "What's the house like?" "Well, it has a biggish kitchen but all the other rooms are quite small." ► bulky a bulky object is big and difficult to carry or move around, or difficult to fit into a normal-sized space: · The men were carrying bulky packages under their arms.· The room was full of bulky old furniture.· a bulky camera from the 1950s ► cumbersome too big and heavy to carry or move easily: · I used to have one of those old sewing machines, but it was too cumbersome.· The room was dominated by an enormous, cumbersome leather armchair. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more · On each occasion, though, the upward journey took longer, the years and events making the burden more cumbersome. ► rather · Previously, large drums would have to be lifted and paint poured into the much smaller spray jug - rather cumbersome.· The end result was a delicious but rather cumbersome sandwich.· We were surprised to find the saw so easy to control, as it seemed rather cumbersome at first.· By now I was thinking that our simple request for shelter was turning into a rather cumbersome affair.· As this model stands it is rather cumbersome even with the simplifying assumption of a constant required rate of return. ► too · It was too cumbersome to hang on a peg in the hall with the others.· Although the success rate is high, about 22 percent of apnea sufferers find the mask too cumbersome and discontinue the therapy.· This meeting could be too cumbersome to achieve anything.· It would not be too cumbersome to give such machines explicitly, but I shall not bother to do this here.· The tripod-mounted binoculars are too cumbersome and too powerful for this purpose.· These administrative units are too cumbersome.· Seen as potential rivals to his Dalek creations, Terry Nation's Mechonoids proved too cumbersome to move easily around the studios.· It is a little too cumbersome to be charming, although that bassline becomes increasingly frightening. 1a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult: Doctors are complaining that the system is cumbersome and bureaucratic. cumbersome procedures2heavy and difficult to move: a large cumbersome machine3words or phrases that are cumbersome are long or complicated
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