tedious

te·di·ous

T0080700 (tē′dē-əs)adj.1. Tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring. See Synonyms at boring.2. Obsolete Moving or progressing very slowly.

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[Middle English, from Late Latin taediōsus, from Latin taedium, tedium.]

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te′di·ous·ly adv.te′di·ous·ness n.

tedious

(ˈtiːdɪəs) adj1. causing fatigue or tedium; monotonous2. obsolete progressing very slowly ˈtediously adv ˈtediousness n

te•di•ous

(ˈti di əs, ˈti dʒəs)

adj. 1. marked by tedium; long and tiresome. 2. tiresomely wordy, as a speaker or writer. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin taediōsus] te′di•ous•ly, adv. te′di•ous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tedious - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, tiresome, wearisome, dull, slowuninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"
	2.	tedious - using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"long-winded, verbose, wordy, windyprolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"

tedious

adjective boring, dull, dreary, monotonous, tiring, annoying, fatiguing, drab, banal, tiresome, lifeless, prosaic, laborious, humdrum, uninteresting, long-drawn-out, mind-numbing, irksome, unexciting, soporific, ho-hum (informal), vapid, wearisome, deadly dull, prosy, dreich (Scot.) the tedious business of line-by-line programming
interesting, exciting, inspiring, stimulating, enjoyable, imaginative, exhilarating, enthralling

tedious

adjectiveArousing no interest or curiosity:boring, drear, dreary, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.

Translations

冗长的单调乏味的

tedious

(ˈtiːdiəs) adjective boring and continuing for a long time. a tedious speech/speaker. 冗長的, 單調乏味的 冗长的，单调乏味的 ˈtediously adverb 冗長地 冗长地ˈtediousness noun 冗長乏味 冗长乏味ˈtedium noun boredom; tediousness. the tedium of a long journey. 冗長乏味, 厭煩 冗长乏味，厌烦