cumbersome
adjective /ˈkʌmbəsəm/
/ˈkʌmbərsəm/
- large and heavy; difficult to carry
synonym bulky大而笨重的;难以携带的 - cumbersome machinery
笨重的机器
- cumbersome machinery
- slow and complicated
缓慢复杂的 - cumbersome legal procedures
繁琐的法律程序
- cumbersome legal procedures
- (of words or phrases
) long or complicated单词或短语 冗长的;累赘的;复杂的 - The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
这家机构把它那复杂累赘的名称改得简单好记一些了。
- The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘difficult to get through’): from cumber ‘obstruct’ + -some.