And few want to work wearing awkward lead aprons and vests( costing between$85 and$600), which are typically constructed of weighty, cumbrous sheets of powdered lead in a polymeric matrix. 」外,也很少人愿意穿著笨重的铅制背心与围裙工作,这类装备的售价介于85~00美元,由填装著铅粉的厚重聚合物材质所制成。
A person who dews not deliberately dimples of all his thoughts alike in cumbrous draperies and flimsy disguises may strike out twenty varieties of familiar everyday language, each coming somewhat nearer to the feeling he wants 一个人写文章,只要他不是立志要把自己的真意用重重锦绣帐幔、层多余伪装完全遮掩起来,他总会从熟悉的日常用语中想出一二十种不同的说法,一个比一个更接近他所要表达的情感,只怕到了最后,他还会拿不定主意要用哪一种说法才能最恰如其分地表达自己的心意哩!
cumbrous
[ adj ] difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight <adj.all> a cumbersome piece of machinerycumbrous protective clothing
Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift.
That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. --De Quincey.
2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser. -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n.