hurdle
英 ['h??d(?)l]
美 ['h?dl]
- n. 障礙；欄；跳欄
- vt. 克服
- vi. 克服；跳過
- n. (Hurdle)人名；(英)赫德爾
助記提示
Hestia 希臘神話中的灶神,室家之神; hurdle 籬笆; vesta 女灶神; vestibule
門廳; horde 游牧部落; hospitable 好客的; huddle 聚在一起商量; hoard
儲藏; hearth 爐邊,爐膛,家庭.
hub 還有"輪轂"一義,同族字的基本含義是"圓而空的事物":
(同族字例) heap 堆積; hop 蛇麻草; hip 臀部; hope 希望; hoove
(動物)鼓脹病; hoopla 投套環(huán)游戲; hollow 空的; hoop 箍(狀物),鐵環(huán).
做到這一步,對于 hub 的解釋才算是圓滿實(shí)用的.
1. crate => Latin cratis "wickerwork, lattice, kitchen-rack, hurdle" => grate, grill, grille, hurdle.
2. crate => PIE root *kert- "to turn, entwine, weave, twist together" => hurdle.
3. 諧音“好堵、好堵哦”-----前面有障礙物，堵住了。
4. 跨欄賽跑（hurdle race; hurdles），田徑運(yùn)動的一個項(xiàng)目，比賽者要在途中跨越一些特制的欄架，起源于英國。由牧羊人跨越羊圈柵欄的游戲演變而來?！?== 劉翔。
5. hurdle race n. 障礙競賽；跳欄賽跑
中文詞源
hurdle 欄桿，跨欄來自古英語hyrd,門，籬笆門，來自Proto-Germanic*hurdiz,柳條筐，籬笆門，來自PIE*kert,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，編織，詞源同crate,grate.后引申詞義欄桿以及跨欄運(yùn)動。
英文詞源
- hurdle
- hurdle: see hoard
- hurdle (n.)
- Old English hyrdel "frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier," diminutive of hyrd "door," from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz "wickerwork frame, hurdle" (cognates: Old Saxon hurth "plaiting, netting," Dutch horde "wickerwork," German Hürde "hurdle, fold, pen;" Old Norse hure, Gothic haurds "door"), from PIE *krtis (cognates: Latin cratis "hurdle, wickerwork," Greek kartalos "a kind of basket," kyrtos "fishing creel"), from root *kert- "to weave, twist together" (cognates: Sanskrit krt "to spin"). Sense of "barrier to jump in a race" is by 1822; figurative sense of "obstacle" is 1924.
- hurdle (v.)
- 1590s, "to build like a hurdle," from hurdle (n.). Sense of "to jump over" dates from 1880 (implied in hurdling). Related: Hurdled; hurdling. Hurdles as a type of race (originally horse race) with hurdles as obstacles is attested by 1836 (hurdle-race is from 1822).
雙語例句
- 1. Crystal Spirit unseated his rider in the Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury.
- 在紐伯里舉行的伯克郡障礙賽中“水玉精靈”把騎師掀了下來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His horse fell at the final hurdle.
- 他騎的馬在最后一個跨欄倒下了。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are packed off home.
- 三分之二的候選人在第一個難關(guān)就敗下陣來，只好打包回家了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm.
- 她通過在自家農(nóng)場里跳跨干草捆學(xué)會了跨欄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. With her speed and agility, Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.
- 凱奇在跨欄賽跑中速度快、動作敏捷, 擊敗了所有其他選手.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》