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plodder

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++plod·der /ˈplɒdə $ ˈplɑːdər/ noun [countable] informal  1. WORK/DO WORKSLOW British English someone who works slowly and is not very clever 工作很慢且不太聪明的人2. someone who walks or does something slowly 走路[做事]慢的人
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plodderUntil now Justin has been an obedient civil servant, content to toe the official line-in short, a plodder.Anyway, I could go no faster, being the slow-starter, long-distance plodder type.What makes cognac the international high-flyer, and armagnac the spotty, stay-at-home plodder?Character, narrative, plot - only a dogged, dull-witted plodder like Malcolm Lodgebury bothers with that sort of stuff now.
plod·der nounChineseSyllable
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plodder
plodder /ˈplɒdə $ ˈplɑːdər/ noun [countable] informal
1. British English someone who works slowly and is not very clever
2. someone who walks or does something slowly


plod·derBrE /ˈplɒdə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈplɑːdər/ 🔊 nouna person who works slowly and steadily but without imagination 缺乏想象力的苦干者;沉闷苦干者