cumbrous
pronunciation
UK ['kʌmbrəs]
US ['kʌmbrəs]
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- adj.
- 讨厌的，成负担的，累赘的
Word Origin
Example
- 1. W ( double u ) has , of all the letters in our alphabet , the only cumbrous name , the names of the others being monosyllabic .
- w（意为两个u，读音为打不溜）是我们字母表中唯一有笨重名称的字母，其它的字母名都是单音节的。
- 2. But old english speakers weren 't all that stupid and they quickly figured out how " cumbrous " this new letter w was so they pitched it and replaced it with another new letter with the same function .
- 但说古英语的人也没有那么笨，他们很快就发觉这个新字母w很累赘，所以又用另一个具有相同功能的新字母来代替它。
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