資料來源 : pyDict
討厭的,麻煩的,累贅的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cumbersome \Cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a.
1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag;
embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P.
Sidney.
2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or
machine.
He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor.
-- {Cum"ber*some*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"ber*some*ness},n.
資料來源 : WordNet®
cumbersome
adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
protective clothing" [syn: {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?" [syn: {awkward}, {clumsy}, {inapt},
{inept}, {ill-chosen}]