Word · Frequency #11172
cumbersome
笨重；麻烦；累赘
核心释义
difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
- 1.
繁重或阻碍的,如同负担或拖累；令人烦恼的
Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
- 2.
笨重的；难以处理的(尤指因尺寸或重量)
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- 3.
不易管理或处理的；笨拙的
Not easily managed or handled; awkward or clumsy.
- 4.
不优雅的；不流畅的(指表达)
not elegant or graceful in expression
- 5.
难以处理或应对的
Hard, difficult, and demanding to handle or get around with.
- 6.
行动迟缓或笨重的
Inert, lumbering, or slow in movement.
繁重或阻碍的,如同负担或拖累；令人烦恼的；笨重的；难以处理的(尤指因尺寸或重量)；不易管理或处理的；笨拙的；不优雅的；不流畅的(指表达)；难以处理或应对的
用法In use
The old wooden desk was too cumbersome to carry up the stairs alone.
用法提示：cumbersome 作形容词，表示因体积或重量大而难以搬动。
Filling out these cumbersome forms took me the whole morning.
用法提示：cumbersome 作形容词，形容表格繁琐、令人不便。
The bulky camera equipment proved cumbersome during our hike.
用法提示：cumbersome 作形容词，说明设备笨重、携带不便。
a cumbersome piece of machinery
his cumbersome writing style
be cumbersome
The old laptop is cumbersome to carry around.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- cumbersome equipment
- 笨重的设备
- The movers struggled with the cumbersome equipment.搬运工吃力地搬动这些笨重的设备。
- cumbersome process
- 繁琐的过程
- Getting a visa turned out to be a cumbersome process.办理签证结果成了一个繁琐的过程。
- cumbersome bureaucracy
- 臃肿繁琐的官僚作风
- The project was delayed by cumbersome bureaucracy.这个项目因繁琐的官僚作风而被拖延。
- cumbersome wording
- 冗长拗口的措辞
- The editor simplified the cumbersome wording of the contract.编辑简化了合同中冗长拗口的措辞。
- cumbersome task
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记作 clumsy + burden 的合体：又笨拙又像背着负担，所以是“笨重累赘”的 cumbersome。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：办公设备、行政流程、法律文书、软件操作、随身行李 通常用于书面或正式场合，多指因体积、重量或步骤繁琐而难以处理；口语中较少见，但在描述具体物品或流程时也可使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All the -some adjectives here end with the same unstressed sound /səm/, but none rhymes with 'cumbersome' because the stress pattern and vowel before this ending are different. Beware of 'some', which looks like the ending but is pronounced /sʌm/. Also, in 'comb' the 'b' is silent, whereas in 'cumbersome' the 'b' is pronounced /b/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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