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Cumbersome describes something awkward to carry, use, or deal with, usually because it's too big, too heavy, or too . It can describe a physical object, like a cumbersome suitcase that's a pain to lift up , or a process, like a cumbersome application form with far too many steps.
笨重的、累贅的；(比喻)繁瑣的
組成cumber (an old word meaning to block or hinder) + -some (an adjective ending meaning 'tending to be')
同家族的字
- encumberboth come from the old word cumber, meaning to block or weigh down
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cumbersomeadj/ˈkʌmbəsəm/
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Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
- "You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here," said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.
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Not easily managed or handled; awkward or clumsy.
- Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
- The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.
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Hard, difficult, and demanding to handle or get around with.
- A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
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Inert, lumbering, or slow in movement.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。