difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight;
\\\"a cumbersome piece of machinery\\\"
\\\"cumbrous protective clothing\\\"
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?\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
The grizzly bear looked cumbersome and awkward. 灰熊看上去又笨拙又遲鈍。
This arrangement is cumbersome to manage. 如此安排繁瑣得難以管理。
They are cumbersome on land, but stealthy and sleek in the water. 它們在陸地上行動笨拙但在水里卻敏捷靈活。
A tabulation of a function of two variables is cumbersome, but possible. 二元函數(shù)的列表法是不方便的，然而是可能的。
Donated food can be used for projects only if it is distributed through cumbersome channels such as direct feeding or food-for-work programs. 贈送的糧食如用于項目，必須通過諸如直接供給或者以糧抵工規(guī)化等一些不方便的渠道進行分配。
常用短語
The cat..had become too big and cumbersome to remain on her lap.