cumbrous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌmbɹəs/    美 /ˈkʌmbɹəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome. also,figuratively,literary
    — Possession's load was grown so great, / He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight: […]
  2. Causing hindrance or obstruction. literary,obsolete
    — But aftervvards, the Gauls ceaſed to moleſt and trouble, and the Romans gave over to fear, ſo ſoon as they vvere paſſed, and eſcaped the rough, cumbrous, and unpaſſable forreſts.
  3. Giving annoyance or trouble; troublesome, vexatious. literary,obsolete
    — A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him moleſt, / All ſtriuing to infixe their feeble ſtinges, / That from their noyance he no vvhere can reſt, / But vvith his clovvniſh hands their tender vvings, / He bruſheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.

词形变化

more cumbrous comparative most cumbrous superlative combrous alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
cumbrously cumbrousness uncumbrous
相关词
accumber cumber cumbered cumberer cumberground cumbering cumberless cumberment cumbersome cumberworld encumber encumbered encumberer encumbering encumberment encumbrance encumbrancer encumbrous incumber incumberment incumbrance unencumbered

词源

From Late Middle English combrous (“causing obstruction; clumsy; obstructed; bothersome, difficult; burdensome, onerous; serious; causing trouble, troublesome; dangerous; immoral; unjust, wrongful; upset”) [and other forms], from komber, kumbre (“distress; destruction”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as cumber + -ous.
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