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单词 ponderous
释义
ponderous
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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 FAMILY
ponderous: ponderosity, ponderously, ponderousness+/ponderosity: ponderosities
USAGE EXAMPLES
But 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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