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cumbersome 音標拼音: [k'ʌmbɚsəm] a. 討厭的,麻煩的,累贅的 討厭的,麻煩的,累贅的 cumbersome adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; " a cumbersome piece of machinery"; " cumbrous protective clothing" [ synonym: { cumbersome}, { cumbrous}] 2: not elegant or graceful in expression; " an awkward prose style"; " a clumsy apology"; " his cumbersome writing style"; " if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [ synonym: { awkward}, { clumsy}, { cumbersome}, { inapt}, { inept}, { ill- chosen}] cumbersome \ cum" ber* some\ ( k? m" b? r- s? m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. [ 1913 Webster] To perform a cumbersome obedience. -- Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. [ 1913 Webster] He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. -- I. Taylor. -- { Cum" ber* some* ly}, adv. -- { Cum" ber* some* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 65 Moby Thesaurus words for " cumbersome": all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, burdensome, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy- fisted, contrary, crosswise, cumbrous, elephantine, encumbering, fingers all thumbs, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham- fisted, ham- handed, hampering, heavy- handed, hulking, hulky, impedimental, impeding, impeditive, impractical, inconvenient, incumbent, inelegant, irksome, left- hand, left- handed, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, maladroit, massive, massy, oafish, onerous, oppressive, perverse, ponderous, sloppy, stiff, superincumbent, tiresome, uncouth, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy, wearisome
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