Word · Frequency #11172
cumbersome
笨重；麻烦；累赘
difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
- 1.
Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
繁重或阻碍的,如同负担或拖累；令人烦恼的
- 2.
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
笨重的；难以处理的(尤指因尺寸或重量)
- 3.
Not easily managed or handled; awkward or clumsy.
不易管理或处理的；笨拙的
- 4.
not elegant or graceful in expression
不优雅的；不流畅的(指表达)
- 5.
Hard, difficult, and demanding to handle or get around with.
难以处理或应对的
- 6.
Inert, lumbering, or slow in movement.
行动迟缓或笨重的
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
In use
The old wooden desk was too cumbersome to carry up the stairs alone.
Filling out these cumbersome forms took me the whole morning.
The bulky camera equipment proved cumbersome during our hike.
a cumbersome piece of machinery
his cumbersome writing style
be cumbersome
The old laptop is cumbersome to carry around.
这台旧笔记本电脑携带起来很笨重。
find sth cumbersome
Many users find the new interface cumbersome.
Connections
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
- 艰巨繁琐的任务
- Manually entering the data is a cumbersome task.手动输入数据是一项繁琐的任务。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
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。
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。
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/.
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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