English-Thai Dictionary

plod

N เสียง เดิน ก้าว เท้า หนักๆ  siang-doen-kao-tao-nak-nak

 

plod

VI เดิน ก้าว เท้า หนักๆ  doen-kao-tao-nak-nak

 

plod along / on

PHRV ย่ำ ไป ตาม  yam-pai-tam

 

plod away

PHRV มุ่งมั่น ทำ  มุมานะ ทำ  mung-man-tam

 

plodding

ADJ ที่ เคลื่อนไหว ช้าๆ  ti-kluan-wai-cha-cha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLOD

v.i.To travel or work slowly or with steady laborious diligence. A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end, than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.
Some stupid, plodding, money-loving wight.
1. To study heavily with steady diligence.
2. To toil; to drudge.

 

PLODDER

n.A dull, heavy, laborious person.

 

PLODDING

ppr. Traveling or laboring with slow movement and steady diligence; studying closely but heavily. 1. a. Industrious; diligent, but slow in contrivance or execution.

 

PLODDING

n.Slow movement or study with steadiness or persevering industry.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLOD

Plod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding. ] Etym: [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.]

 

1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. Shak.

 

2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." Drayton.

 

PLOD

PLOD Plod, v. t.

 

Defn: To walk on slowly or heavily. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.

 

PLODDER

PLODDER Plod "der, n.

 

Defn: One who plods; a drudge.

 

PLODDING

PLODDING Plod "ding, a.

 

Defn: Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod "ding *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

plod

plod |pläd plɑd | ▶verb ( plods, plodding , plodded ) [ no obj. ] walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps: we plodded back up the hill | figurative : talks on a new constitution have plodded on. • work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task: we were plodding through a textbook. ▶noun a slow, heavy walk: he settled down to a steady plod. DERIVATIVES plod der noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: probably symbolic of a heavy gait.

 

plodding

plod ding |ˈplädiNG plɑdɪŋ | ▶adjective slow-moving and unexciting: a plodding comedy drama. • (of a person ) thorough and hard-working but lacking in imagination or intelligence. DERIVATIVES plod ding ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

plod

plod |plɒd | ▶verb ( plods, plodding, plodded ) [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps: we plodded back up the hill. • work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task: we were plodding through a textbook. ▶noun 1 a slow, heavy walk: he settled down to a steady plod. 2 (also PC Plod ) Brit. informal a police officer. [with allusion to Mr Plod the Policeman in Enid Blyton's Noddy stories for children. ] DERIVATIVES plodder noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: probably symbolic of a heavy gait.

 

plodding

plod |ding |ˈplɒdɪŋ | ▶adjective slow-moving and unexciting: a plodding comedy drama. • (of a person ) thorough and hard-working but lacking in imagination or intelligence. DERIVATIVES ploddingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

plod

plod verb 1 Mom plodded wearily upstairs: trudge, walk heavily, clump, stomp, tramp, tromp, lumber, slog. 2 I have to plod through the whole book: wade, plow, trawl, toil, labor; informal slog.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

plod

plod verb 1 Melissa plodded wearily up the stairs: trudge, walk heavily, clump, stomp, stump, tramp, drag oneself, lumber, slog; Brit. informal trog. 2 I suppose I'll just have to plod through the whole book: work one's way, wade, plough, toil, trawl, soldier (on ), proceed laboriously, labour; informal slog.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

plod

plod /plɑd |plɔd /〖擬音語 〗動詞 ～s ; ～ded ; ～ding 自動詞 1 【道などを 】とぼとぼと歩く «on , along » ; 重い足取りで歩く,ゆっくり進む (on, along ).2 【仕事などを 】こつこつやる (along, away, on ) «at , through , with » ▸ plod away at one's lessons こつこつ勉強する .他動詞 〈道 〉をとぼとぼ歩く .pl ò d one's w á y (疲れた足取りで )とぼとぼ歩く .名詞 C とぼとぼ歩き, 重い足取り [足音 ]; こつこつ働く [勉強する ]こと .

 

plodder

pl ó d der 名詞 C とぼとぼ歩く人 ; こつこつ働く [勉強する ]だけの人 (!鋭敏さや想像力などに欠ける人をいう ) .

 

plodding

pl ó d ding 形容詞 とぼとぼ歩く ; こつこつ働く [勉強する ]; 遅々として進まない .～ly 副詞