单词 | encumber |
释义 | encumber[ en-kuhm-ber ] / ɛnˈkʌm bər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR encumber ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object)to impede or hinder; hamper; retard: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action. to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information. to burden or weigh down: She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages. to burden with obligations, debt, etc. Also incumber. Origin of encumber1300–50; Middle English encombren<Anglo-French, Middle French encombrer, equivalent to en-en-1 + -combrer, verbal derivative of combre dam, weir <early Medieval Latin combrus<Gaulish *comberos confluence, bringing together (compare Quimper, in Brittany <Breton Kemper); see com-, bear1 OTHER WORDS FROM encumberen·cum·ber·ing·ly, adverbun·en·cum·bered, adjectiveWords nearby encumberencrustation, encrypt, encryption, enculturate, enculturation, encumber, encumbrance, encumbrancer, -ency, encyclical, encyclopedia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for encumberBritish Dictionary definitions for encumberencumber incumber/ (ɪnˈkʌmbə) / verb (tr)to hinder or impede; make difficult; hamperencumbered with parcels after going shopping at Christmas; his stupidity encumbers his efforts to learn to fill with superfluous or useless matter to burden with debts, obligations, etc Derived forms of encumberencumberingly or incumberingly, adverbWord Origin for encumberC14: from Old French encombrer, from en- 1 + combre a barrier, from Late Latin combrus, of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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