ponderous
单词辨析：
普通用词，主要用于形容人或物的重量。
The child is heavy for his age.
就其年龄而言，这个小孩（体重）算是重的。
How heavy is this box?
这个箱子有多重？
指庞大而沉重的。
This machine is too ponderous to move.
这台机器太重了，没法挪动。
The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the river.
大象把它那笨重的身躯浸入河中。
形容重量比预想的沉，尤指书沉甸甸的。
He lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.
他从书架上取下一本厚重的书。
Your baggage must be very weighty.
你的行李一定很沉。
相关例句：
Academic research is often accused of being ponderous, narrow and detached from the real world.
学术研究往往被指责为沉闷、狭隘和脱离现实世界。
The upstairs hall seemed to shake as Mammy's ponderous weight came toward the door.
当嬷嬷的笨重身躯一步步来到门口时，仿佛楼道都震得颤抖了。
He spoke in a slow, ponderous way.
他的讲话缓慢而冗长。
But it is a ponderous task; no ordinary letter-sorter in the Post-office is equal to it.
不过，这可是一件繁重的工作，决不是通常的邮政局里的分拣员所可比拟的。
Ponderous planning has sometimes revealed as many divisions among ministries in Tokyo as among other capitals.
冗长的计划过程有时暴露出，日本各部门之间的分歧与其他国家之间一样多。
His form was ponderous, and his step was slow;
只见他形体笨重，步履蹒跚；