单词 | hurdle |
释义 | hur·dle ![]() n. 1. Sports a. A light portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races. b. hurdles A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride. c. A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive. 2. An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome: the last hurdle before graduation. 3. Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing. 4. Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution. v. hur·dled, hur·dling, hur·dles v.tr. 1. To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race. 2. To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount: hurdle a problem. v.intr. To leap over a barrier or other obstacle. [Middle English hurdel, portable panel for temporary fences, from Old English hyrdel.] hurdler n. ![]() left to right: Konstadinos Douvalidis of Greece, David Payne of the United States, and Mikel Thomas of Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China |
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