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单词 encumbering
释义

encumberingadj.

/ɛnˈkʌmbərɪŋ/
Etymology: < encumber v. +-ing suffix2.
That encumbers.
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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.
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