单词 | encumbering |
释义 | encumberingadj. That encumbers. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering cumbrousa1400 accumbrousa1450 pesterable1540 pesterous1548 clogginga1568 cumbersome1594 pestering1606 encumbering1641 cloying1647 hampering1812 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 5 Whosoever..labours to keep such an incumbring surcharge of earthly things. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 404 From his belt he took The encumbering sword. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vii. 535 The feeble encumbering pronoun which. 1872 H. Macmillan True Vine vii. 300 These barren, encumbering branches. Derivatives enˈcumberingly adv. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1641 |
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