ponderous
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈpɒn.dəɹ.əs/
美 /ˈpɑn.dɚ.əs/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Heavy, massive, weighty.
— [H]e saw, at the end of a shallow embrasure, a ponderous door of dark wood, braced with iron.
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Serious, onerous, oppressive.
— It was Dryden's opinion . . . that the drama required an alternation of comick and tragick scenes; and that it is necessary to mitigate, by alleviations of merriment, the pressure of ponderous events, and the fatigue of toilsome passions.
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Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
— [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.
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Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
— Over supper the minister did unbend a little into one or two ponderous jokes.
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Characterized by or associated with pondering.
— Ponderous thoughts take hold of the heart; musing maketh the fire to burn, and steady sight hath the greatest influence upon us.
- Dense.
词源
Ultimately from Latin ponderōsus (“weighty”).
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