hurdle
/ˈhɜːdl̩//ˈhɝd(ə)l/
- n.
- 障碍，跳栏，临时活动篱笆
- vt.
- 用篱笆围，越过，克服
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- 英语English
hurdle
词源说明
From Middle English hurdel, hirdel, herdel, hyrdel, from Old English hyrdel (“frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier”), diminutive of *hyrd, from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz, from Pre-Germanic *kr̥h₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₂-. Cognate with Dutch horde, German Hürde. Possibly related to griddle.
释义
名词noun
- 1(athletics, equestrianism) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- 2figurativelyAn obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
- 3A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments