(plodded, plodding)no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps（顽强、缓慢地）重步走：
we plodded back up the hill
我们拖着沉重的步伐回到了山上
figurative〈喻〉talks on a new constitution have plodded on.
关于新宪法的讨论在缓慢而艰难地进行着。
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- work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task缓慢而顽强地干枯燥的活, 埋头苦干, 孜孜不倦：
we were plodding through a textbook.
我们孜孜不倦地学习教科书。
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- a slow, heavy walk缓慢沉重的行进：
he settled down to a steady plod.
他开始以缓慢而沉重的步伐行进。
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- （亦作PC Plod）Brit. informal a police officer〈英, 非正式〉警官。
- ORIGIN: with allusion to Mr Plod the Policeman in Enid Blyton's Noddy stories for children.
派生词
plodder
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: probably symbolic of a heavy gait.