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单词 obstruct
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obstructn.

Editorial emendation by Warburton of abstract n. in the passage in quot. a1616.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle
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withsetting1340
obstaclec1385
traversea1393
mara1400
bayc1440
stoppagec1450
barrace1480
blocka1500
objecta1500
clog1526
stumbling-stone1526
bar1530
(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548
stumbling-stock1548
hindrance1576
a log in one's way1579
crossbar1582
log1589
rub1589
threshold1600
scotch1601
dam1602
remora1604
obex1611
obstructiona1616
stumbling-blocka1616
fence1639
affront1642
retardance1645
stick1645
balk1660
obstruent1669
blockade1683
sprun1684
spoke1689
cross cause1696
uncomplaisance1707
barrier1712
obstruct1747
dike1770
abatis1808
underbrush1888
bunker1900
bump1909
sprag1914
hurdle1924
headwind1927
mudhole1933
monkey wrench1937
roadblock1945
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 61 Octa. I begg'd His pardon for returne. Cæs. Which soone he granted, Being an abstract 'tweene his Lust, and him.]
1747 W. Warburton Wks. Shakespear VII. 160 (note) Being an Obstruct 'tween his lust and him. i.e. his wife being an obstruction, a bar to the prosecution of his wanton pleasures with Cleopatra.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

obstructv.

Brit. /əbˈstrʌkt/, U.S. /əbˈstrək(t)/, /ɑbˈstrək(t)/
Forms: 1500s obstruct (past participle), 1500s– obstruct, 1600s abstruct.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obstruct-, obstruere.
Etymology: < classical Latin obstruct-, past participial stem of obstruere to block or impede passage through, to block or impede the view of < ob- ob- prefix + struere to pile, build (see structure n.). Compare Middle French, French obstruer to block (1540).
1. transitive. To block or impede passage along or through (an opening, thoroughfare, waterway, etc.); to place or be an obstacle in; to render impassable or difficult of passage. Also occasionally intransitive.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage
forsetc900
withseta1300
stop13..
speara1325
withsperre1330
to stop one's way1338
shut1362
forbara1375
beseta1400
stopc1400
precludea1513
interclude1526
to shut up1526
forestall1528
fence1535
hedge1535
quar1542
foreclose1548
forestop1566
to flounder up1576
obstruct1578
bar1590
retrench1590
to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596
barricade1606
barricado1611
thwartc1630
blocka1644
overthwart1654
rebarricado1655
to choke up1673
blockade1696
embarrass1735
snow1816
roadblock1950
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man sig. Xiv It is obstruct, and stopped.
1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 89 The vaynes of the necke, beeing called the guides, are obstructed, doe not perfectly recourse.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Oppiler, to stop, obstruct, shut up.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xix. i. 723 There bee some who have the Urethra or passage of the yard obstructed by budding caruncles.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 636 Both Sin, and Death, and yawning Grave at last Through Chaos hurld, obstruct the mouth of Hell For ever, and seal up his ravenous Jawes. View more context for this quotation
1689 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 264 But what then obstructed I am not certaine.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 75 The door is now so obstructed, with stones.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 103 Rolling stones, which now obstruct these roads as well as mar the greatest part of the surface of this island.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii III. iv. vi*. 13 Rise..thou obstructest the way.
1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 68 The common duct was much compressed and obstructed by enlargement and hardening of the pancreas.
1888 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. iv. 388 If a clot forms in an artery it may be detached..and may obstruct the vessel further on.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 787/2 In the dry season it has shallows, and is obstructed by sandbanks.
1958 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples IV. xi. iv. 156 The country on Porter's right was so obstructed with forest and swamp that when Jackson came into action in the late afternoon he could not turn the flank.
1988 R. Rendell Veiled One (1989) i. 3 The police took a serious view of those who allowed a shopping trolley to obstruct the roadway.
2.
a. transitive. To prevent, impede, hinder, or retard the motion, passage, or progress of; to prevent or impede (a physical action or movement). Also occasionally intransitive.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > cause to be arrested or intercepted in progress
warna1250
foreclosec1290
dit1362
stayc1440
stopc1440
set1525
suppress1547
bar1578
frontier1589
stay1591
intercepta1599
to cut off1600
interpose1615
lodgea1616
obstruct1621
stifle1629
sufflaminate1656
stick1824
to hold up1887
1621 R. Speght Mortalities Memorandum 27 Decaying man, whose state doth skills require..to thinke on Death, Ere it obstruct the passage of his breath.
1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 83 Sin..quickly will Turn in, if not obstructed still.
1688 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 134 The Wind..we believe obstructs the coming of any letters from Holland, and keeps back the Dutch fleet.
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. vi. xvi. 287 His Breath was obstructed by the gross smoaky Air.
1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st li. 26 If but a cloud obstruct the solar ray.
1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing v. 259 If..the particles of air can obstruct and reflect light.
1874 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 560 In dashing over the moat bridge, he had shouted to the fugitives who were obstructing him.
1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 82 But other people got between them in the street, obstructing him, blotting her out.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xiv. 156 They [sc. pickpockets] work in pairs; one is ‘the fingers’, the other obstructs and jostles.
2001 National Post (Canada) 30 May a8/5 Mr. Martin has a congenital vascular condition..which obstructs blood flow to his right leg and heart.
b. transitive. Cricket. obstructing the field (also †the ball): a mode of dismissal in which the batter is judged to have deliberately impeded a fielder's attempt to field the ball.The relevant law has been only occasionally invoked in the history of cricket; under earlier codes (in the 18th cent.) it was apparently permissible in some circumstances for the batter to obstruct the field.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > [noun] > manner of dismissal
hit-wicket1773
stumping1844
run-out1851
stump-out1859
catch and bowl1868
obstructing the field (also the ball)1868
1868 Times 22 June 7/4 At 154 Mr. Absolom was given out for ‘obstructing the field’.
1877 C. Box Eng. Game Cricket 456 Obstructing the Ball.—A man may be given out, but seldom is on such an account.
1905 Laws of Cricket §26 The striker is out..if under pretence of running, or otherwise, either of the batsmen wilfully prevent a ball from being caught;—‘Obstructing the field’.
1928 A. A. Milne Let. 23 Aug. in M. Williams Way to Lord's (1983) xi. 213 But here, for your Cricket Correspondent, is a genuine case of ‘Out, obstructing the field’.
1992 Laws of Cricket §37.2(b) The correct entry in the scorebook when a batsman is given out under this Law is ‘obstructing the field’, and the bowler does not get credit for the wicket.
c. transitive. In any of various sports: to impede (a player) in a manner which constitutes an offence.
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society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [verb (transitive)] > obstruct
obstruct1895
1895 H. F. P. Battersby Hockey vii. 131 A player shall not run in between his opponent and the ball so as to obstruct him.
1953 Assoc. Football (‘Know the Game’ Series) 33/2 If an opponent is obstructing a player, the player may charge him.
1974 Rules of Game 163/3 An indirect free kick is awarded..for intentionally obstructing an opponent while not attempting to play the ball, in order to prevent him reaching it.
1991 Sporting News 12 Aug. 7/4 The runner..is obstructed while running toward the plate, drawing a delayed dead-ball signal from the umpire.
3. transitive. To impede, stand in the way of, or retard the progress or course of (proceedings, a plan, an intention, etc.); (Law) to commit the offence of intentionally hindering (due legal process, a police officer in his inquiries, etc.) (cf. obstruction n. 2b). Also occasionally intransitive.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)]
letc888
shrenchc897
forstanda1000
amarOE
disturbc1290
impeachc1380
stopc1380
withstandc1385
hinder1413
accloy1422
hindc1426
to hold abackc1440
appeachc1460
impeditec1535
inhibit1535
obstacle1538
damp1548
trip1548
embarrass1578
dam1582
to clip the wings ofa1593
unhelp1598
uppen1600
straiten1607
rub1608
impediment1610
impedea1616
to put out1616
to put off1631
scote1642
obstruct1645
incommodiate1650
offend1651
sufflaminate1656
hindrance1664
disassist1671
clog1679
muzzle1706
squeeze1804
to take the wind out of the sails of1822
throttle1825
block1844
overslaugh1853
snag1863
gum1901
slow-walk1965
1645 (title) The city alarvm, or the weeke of our miscarriages, which have hitherto obstructed our proceedings.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης ix. 83 To expect that their voting or not voting should obstruct the Commons.
1665 I. Walton Life of Hooker in Hooker's Wks. (1888) I. 36 She was like an untamed heifer, that would not be ruled by God's people, but obstructed his discipline.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 25 A Servant..the prejudice to whose Person exceedingly obstructed all overtures made in Parliament for his service.
1738 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 284 The said Officers were obstructed in the lawful Discharge of their Duty.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 128 I don't know if it be just thus to obstruct the union of man and wife.
1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1984) 20 He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners.
1853 A. Prentice Hist. Anti-Corn-Law League I. viii. 112 Many..had come to obstruct the proceedings.
1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xiv. 97 In such a community the apparent majority is the real majority, and the others..know that too well to obstruct from mere pigheadedness.
1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 398/2 The excessively energetic paid helpers who are so eager to help us bore us to tears because they really obstruct our efforts.
1958 All Eng. Law Rep. II. 23 Eye-witnesses..who had concealed their knowledge and obstructed process of the law.
1994 Magnet May 22/1 Very few people..can write good songs without resorting to some sort of wise-ass gimmickry that obstructs the music itself.
4. transitive. To block or impede the view of; to block or impede (the view of an object, etc., or a person's view).
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > make invisible [verb (transitive)] > block view
bury1601
screen1611
obstruct1667
shut1697
to shut out1856
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 257 From hence, no cloud, or, to obstruct his sight, Starr interpos'd, however small he sees. View more context for this quotation
1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 49 The next Morning..a thick Fog obstructing our Sight, we weigh'd, to go up thither.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. i. 3 Tears of recollecting sorrow..obstructed the last view of her native town.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 99 And hills above them still obstruct the skies.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 24 On the..north-western side, there was nothing to obstruct the view.
1909 Gow Ganda (Ont.) Tribune 17 Apr. 6/2 What will be the cry on the summer roads when we reach those points where the dense forest and rocks obstructs the view ahead?
1935 G. Barker Janus 16 The lighter bird of being, obstructing my line of sight, entirely conceals the form of the bird of unbeing.
1991 Curiosity Shop Summer 40/2 Adjustable blinds give welcome shade in the car without obstructing vision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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