ponderous的词源

英文词源

ponderous (adj.)

c. 1400, "thick;" early 15c., "heavy, weighty, clumsy," from Latin ponderosus "of great weight; full of meaning," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weight" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "tedious" is first recorded 1704. Related: Ponderously; ponderousness.

中文词源

ponderous：缓慢的，笨重的

来自拉丁语pondus的所有格形式ponderis,重量，重物，来自pendere,悬挂，称量，词源同pendulum,depend.引申词义有重量的，笨重的，缓慢的。

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