Cumbersome. . .とは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkʌmbəsəm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkʌmbɚsəm/
• 韻: -ʌmbə(ɹ)səm
• ハイフネーション: cum‧ber‧some

形容詞

cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)

1. Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 54:

     "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.

2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.

   Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

   • 1958 November, “The Why and the Wherefore: South Eastern & Chatham Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 809:

     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.

3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

   A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

4. Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.

同意語

• cumbrous
• lumpish (obsolete)
• unwieldy
• See also Thesaurus:difficult

派生語