| 单词 | ponderous |
| 释义 | ponderous (once / 1169 pages) adj When you call Frankenstein ponderous, it's not because he likes to ponder the great questions of life. It's because he moves like a Mack truck, only slower and less gracefully. Ponderous also describes a person's manner, or their manner of speaking. If it does, this is a person you will want to avoid. They're solemn, speak slowly about things that are boring, and get to the punchline of a joke about seven years after anyone with half a brain has figured it out for themselves. WORD FAMILYponderous: ponderosity, ponderously, ponderousness+/ponderosity: ponderosities USAGE EXAMPLESBut the film is ponderous, the performances mostly subdued. Seattle Times(Dec 16, 2016) Anyway, thanks for dragging some of the realities of this ponderous issue into the daylight but it needs to be done. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) But when he replaced Blair in an uncontested succession, he proved ponderous and inept, and went down to defeat in the ensuing election. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) 1adj having great mass and weight and unwieldiness a ponderous stone a ponderous burden ponderous weapons Syn heavy of comparatively great physical weight or density 2adj slow and laborious because of weight ponderous prehistoric beasts a ponderous yawn Syn heavy, lumbering heavy-footed (of movement) lacking ease or lightness 3adj labored and dull a ponderous speech Syn uninteresting arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement |
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