Plod



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 重步走; 吃力干
• ［英］ v. 重步走 ( to walk heavily: trudge) ; 吃力干 ( drudge)
• ［类］ 反义词: flit ( 轻快地掠过) ; gambol ( 雀跃)
• ［例］ The old man plodded wearily along the road.

Webster Collegiate

verb (plodded; plodding)

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1562
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to work laboriously and monotonously ; drudge
  • 2.
    • a. to walk heavily or slowly ; trudge
    • b. to proceed slowly or tediously <the movie just plods along>
• transitive verb
  • to tread slowly or heavily along or over
• ? plod noun
• ? plodder noun
• ? ploddingly adverb

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