ponderous
英 [ˈpɒndərəs]
美 [ˈpɑːndərəs]
adj. 慢条斯理的; 沉闷乏味的; 缓慢的; 笨拙的; 笨重的
Collins.1 / BNC.19447 / COCA.19347
同义词辨析
heavyponderousweighty【导航词义：重的】
heavyadj. 重的，沉的
〔辨析〕
普通用词，主要用于形容人或物的重量。
〔例证〕
The child is heavy for his age.
就其年龄而言，这个小孩（体重）算是重的。
How heavy is this box?
这个箱子有多重？
就其年龄而言，这个小孩（体重）算是重的。
How heavy is this box?
这个箱子有多重？
ponderousadj. 笨重的
〔辨析〕
指庞大而沉重的。
〔例证〕
This machine is too ponderous to move.
这台机器太重了，没法挪动。
The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the river.
大象把它那笨重的身躯浸入河中。
这台机器太重了，没法挪动。
The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the river.
大象把它那笨重的身躯浸入河中。
weightyadj. 〈文〉重的
〔辨析〕
形容重量比预想的沉，尤指书沉甸甸的。
〔例证〕
He lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.
他从书架上取下一本厚重的书。
Your baggage must be very weighty.
你的行李一定很沉。
他从书架上取下一本厚重的书。
Your baggage must be very weighty.
你的行李一定很沉。
牛津词典
adj.
- 慢条斯理的；沉闷乏味的
too slow and careful; serious and boring - 缓慢的；笨拙的；笨重的
moving slowly and heavily; able to move only slowly- She watched the cow's ponderous progress.
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
- She watched the cow's ponderous progress.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED （文章或谈话）严肃呆板的，冗长乏味的，生硬的
Ponderouswriting or speech is very serious, uses more words than necessary, and is rather dull.- He had a dense, ponderous style.
他的行文晦涩而生硬。
- He had a dense, ponderous style.
- ADJ-GRADED （行动或动作）缓慢的，笨拙的，费力的
A movement or action that isponderousis very slow or clumsy.- His steps were heavy and ponderous.
他的步伐沉重缓慢。
- His steps were heavy and ponderous.
英英释义
adj
- having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
- a ponderous stone
- a ponderous burden
- ponderous weapons
- slow and laborious because of weight
- the heavy tread of tired troops
- moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
- ponderous prehistoric beasts
- a ponderous yawn
- labored and dull
- a ponderous speech
双语例句
- The wise man carries his ideas lightly like colored balloons at a fair; the pedant drags his like ponderous ladders through crowded thoroughfares.
聪明的人轻松自如地携带思想，犹如节日缤纷的气球；愚笨的人拖着思想，像扛着笨重的梯子，去穿过拥挤的街道。 - But it is a ponderous task; no ordinary letter-sorter in the Post-office is equal to it.
不过，这可是一件繁重的工作，决不是通常的邮政局里的分拣员所可比拟的。 - The ponderous reporting style makes the evening news dull viewing.
沉闷冗长的播音风格使晚间新闻看起来很乏味。 - He embarked on a very long, ponderous explanation.
他开始了长长的、生硬的解释。 - The upstairs hall seemed to shake as Mammy's ponderous weight came toward the door.
当嬷嬷的笨重身躯一步步来到门口时，仿佛楼道都震得颤抖了。 - Mine accident is a ponderous topic, and the matter of reducing mine accident has become an urgent task.
矿难是一个沉重的话题，如何遏制矿难则是一个严峻的课题。 - Brookhart was a large, well-FED, ponderous and cautious corporation lawyer.
布洛克哈特是一位个子高大，营养充足，持重谨慎的公司法律顾问。 - The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than any thing else in the New World.
使它那橡木大门上沉重的铁活的斑斑锈痕显得比新大陆的任何陈迹都益发古老。 - It was easy to underestimate him because of his occasionally ponderous manner.
由于他偶尔现出的沉闷的姿态，很容易使人小看了他。 - Flood shook his ponderous, crimson head slowly from side to side to emphasize his conviction in the matter.
弗拉德先生左右摇晃着他那笨重、绯红的脑袋来强调自己对这事确定不疑。