hamper

英 ['h?mp?] 美['h?mp?]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?hampers;過(guò)去式:?hampered;過(guò)去分詞:?hampered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?hampering;

hamper 帶蓋大籃子，妨礙，阻止

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)hanap,杯子，酒杯，后引申詞義裝杯子的大籃子。防礙義詞源不詳，參照習(xí)語(yǔ)basket case,困境。

hamper (v.): late 14c., hampren "to surround, imprison, confine," also "to pack in a container;" of uncertain origin; probably from hamper (n.1), unless it is somehow connected to Middle English hamelian "to maim." Meaning "impede in motion or progress" is from late 14c. Related: Hampered; hampering.
hamper (n.1): "large basket," early 14c., hampyre, probably a contraction of Anglo-French hanaper (Anglo-Latin hanepario), from Old French hanepier "case for holding a large goblet or cup;" in medical use "skull," also "helmet; armored leather cap," from hanap "goblet, chalice," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (cognates: Old Saxon hnapp "cup, bowl;" Old High German hnapf, German Napf, Old English hn?pp). The first -a- may be a French attempt to render Germanic hn- into an acceptable Romanic form. The English word also meant "the department of Chancery into which fees were paid for sealing and enrolling charters, etc." (15c.).
hamper (n.2): "things important for a ship but in the way at certain times" (Klein's definition), 1835, from hamper (n.) "a fetter, shackles," from French hamper "to impede." Hence top hamper, originally "upper masts, spars, rigging, etc. of a sailing ship."

1. Before entering the bathroom, he emptied his dirty laundry into the hamper.: 進(jìn)浴室前，他把臟衣服全都放進(jìn)洗衣筐里。

2. I hastily packed the hamper and lugged it to the car.: 我匆忙裝好食品籃，吃力地把它拎上車(chē)子。

3. The lobby is trying to hamper the policy of the U.S. government.: 院外集團(tuán)企圖牽制美國(guó)政府的政策.

5. Police should have the power to fine people who hamper rescue efforts. In fact I'd throw them into prison for a night.: 警察應(yīng)該有權(quán)對(duì)妨礙救援的人處以罰款。其實(shí)要是換了我，非關(guān)他們一宿不可。