plod

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plod /plɒd $ plɑːd/ verb (plodded, plodding)

1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALKSLOW to walk along slowly, especially when this is difficult 沉重缓慢地走，步履艰难地走

plod through/up/across etc

The horse plodded up the hill.

那匹马吃力地往山上走。

plod on/along/back

Jake kept plodding on.

杰克继续艰难跋涉。

► see thesaurus at walk

2 plod on/along phrasal verbphr v to work slowly or make slow progress, especially in a way that is boring 缓慢地工作，苦干

For years he had plodded along in a series of boring office jobs.

多年来他一直埋头干着各种枯燥乏味的办公室工作。

Examples from the Corpus

plod on/along• Despite the riots caused by Mr Hani's murder, multi-party talks on a new constitution have plodded on.• I go to the gym in spite of myself, puffing and plodding along.• You either opt out or plod on and make the most of it.• I plodded along in the ditch.• We just plodded along like a bunch of sheep.• We are rarely content to plod along mechanically.• Capitin plodded on, old and remote.• The movie plods along with predictable twists and turns you can see coming for miles.

Examples from the Corpus

plod• The movie plods along with predictable twists and turns.• We plodded down the walk, and then I had her wait by the curb.• Kant was not noted for his turn of phrase-his style was usually a plodding one.• Then they plodded round a circular mill, crushing the cider apples.• There were better things in life, for a young man like him, than plodding round London after a pick-pocket.• Her husband said the petite woman had complained of fatigue as they plodded up a Canyon trail.• Not especially gracious, but squat and workmanlike, plodding with tenacity from port to port.

plod through/up/across etc• Her husband said the petite woman had complained of fatigue as they plodded up a Canyon trail.• His father always favoured George, he thought angrily as they plodded up the lane.• They plodded through the rain in an unhappy silence.• They plodded through the whole range of routine questions.

Origin plod

(1500-1600) From the sound or the action

plod verb

Chinese

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