| 单词 | hurdle |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['hə:dl] |
| 解释 | n.跳栏；障碍；v.克服(障碍) |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 跳栏；障碍(obstacle ) 【例】 overcome a language hurdle(克服语言障碍 ) |
| 字源 | 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 hurð, 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). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 跨栏(在赛跑中必须越过的一种轻便、可移动的障碍); (要战胜的)障碍 = obstacle; v 跳过障碍 = surmount 【记】源于hurl(vt 用力投掷)－人被投掷过跨栏－跳过障碍 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】hurt + 音：倒，疼痛地撞倒，跨栏时疼得撞倒跨栏，腿疼 |
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