Word · Frequency #14662
plodding
吃力地行走；步履艰难
plodding is the present participle of plod.
To walk or move slowly with a heavy, tired step; to trudge.
- 1.
To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
缓慢而沉重地行走或移动
- 2.
To trudge over or through.
艰难地走过或穿过
- 3.
To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
辛勤工作；埋头苦学
- 4.
To extrude (soap, margarine, etc.) through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.
通过模具挤出(肥皂、人造黄油等)以便切成小块
埋头苦干；刻苦钻研；挤出；压出成型；缓慢而沉重地行走或移动；艰难地走过或穿过；辛勤工作；埋头苦学
In use
After the long hike, we continued to plod along the muddy trail.
He plodded through the lengthy report until midnight.
She is plodding away at her studies every evening.
plod + adv/prep
表示缓慢而沉重地移动，常接方向或方式状语。
The old man plodded slowly along the muddy path.
老人沿着泥泞的小路沉重缓慢地走着。
plod away at sth
表示坚持不懈地努力做某事，常指辛苦而单调的工作。
She plods away at her research every day.
她每天孜孜不倦地从事研究工作。
plod through sth
表示费力地通过或完成某事，可能指物理上的跋涉或工作中的困难任务。
Connections
Collocations
- plod along
- 缓慢而吃力地前行
- The old horse plodded along the muddy track.那匹老马在泥泞的小路上缓慢而吃力地走着。
- plod through
- 艰难地完成；吃力地读完
- I plodded through the final chapters of the textbook.我艰难地读完了教科书最后几章。
- plod on
- 继续艰难前行；坚持下去
- Despite the wind, we plodded on down the beach.尽管有风，我们还是沿着海滩继续艰难前行。
- plod away at
- 埋头苦干；孜孜不倦地做
- Every night he plods away at his thesis.他每晚都埋头苦写论文。
Idioms & figurative uses
- plod along
- 缓慢而艰难地前行；顽强地坚持下去The project is plodding along, but we're making some progress.这个项目进展缓慢，但我们还是取得了一些进展。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
plod中pl像'扑路'：扑在泥路上，每一步都沉重缓慢；由此记住'步履艰难、埋头苦干'。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：长途步行或疲惫时的移动、泥泞、积雪等难行地面上的行走 plod 表示“缓慢而沉重地行走”时，语气通常比较中性，没有明显的正式或非正式色彩，多用于叙述或描写具体动作，如长途步行、疲惫时或在难行路面上的移动。它带有“吃力、不太轻快”的意味。
Grammar Note
常与介词 along, through, on 连用，表示缓慢而费力地移动或工作。
Pronunciation & Spelling
cod、pod、clod、nod 和 trod 在英式英语中都与 plod 押韵，都含 /ɒd/ 结尾。plot 看起来像，但以 /t/ 结尾，所以不押韵。也要注意 flood /flʌd/ 和 blood /blʌd/ 这类形近词，元音不同，并不押韵。
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。
Learn the forms together
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