【英语翻译TheWordoftheDayforJuly5thisponderous,spelledP-O-N-D-E-R-O-U-S.Ponderousisanadjectivethatmeansofverygreatweight.Itcanalsomeanunwieldyordumsybcuzofweightandsize,orappressivelyunpleasantlydull,lifeless.Herei】

　　英语翻译

　　TheWordoftheDayforJuly5thisponderous,spelledP-O-N-D-E-R-O-U-S.Ponderousisanadjectivethatmeansofverygreatweight.Itcanalsomeanunwieldyordumsybcuzofweightandsize,orappressivelyunpleasantlydull,lifeless.Hereisthewordusedinasentence.

　　“Electronictextscanbeupdatedatthespeedofadownloadratherthanwaitingforthenexteditonofaponderoustextbook.”

　　“Pnderous”isultimatelyfrmtheLatinwordfor“weight”,namely,”pondus”whichalsogiveusthewords“ponder”and”preponderance”andisrelatedtotheword“pound”.Weadopted“ponderous”intheliteralsense“Heavy”fromAnglo-Frenchinthe15thcentury,andearlyonweappendedFigurativesenseof“weighty”,thtis“serious”or“important”.Butwestoppedusingthe“serious”senseof“ponderous”around2000yrsago-----Perhapsbcuzinthemeantimewe’dimposedonitadifferentfigurativesenseof“dullandlifeless”whichwestillusetoday.

　　I’mPeterSokolowskiwirhurWordoftheDay.