plod

🇬🇧 UK/plɒd/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To walk slowly and heavily; to work steadily but laboriously at a task

沉重缓慢地走;埋头苦干

n.

A slow, heavy, or labored walk or movement

沉重缓慢的步伐

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
plodother
=plod

Common Collocations

  • 1.plod along缓慢前行;按部就班地进行
  • 2.plod through费力地完成(某事)
  • 3.plod steadily稳步推进
  • 4.[plod on]坚持干下去

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The exhausted hikers plodded through the mud as the rain continued to pour.

  • 2.

    She plodded through the dense legal documents, determined to find the key clause.

  • 3.

    He plodded along in his career for years before finally getting a promotion.

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