英语词汇“encumber”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

encumberencumber /ɪnˈkʌmbɚ/ verb [transitive usually passive]

ETYMOLOGYencumber

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French encombrer, from combre something that prevents movement

VERB TABLE

encumber

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	encumber
	he, she, it	encumbers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	encumbered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have encumbered
	he, she, it	has encumbered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had encumbered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will encumber
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have encumbered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am encumbering
	he, she, it	is encumbering
	you, we, they	are encumbering
Past	I, he, she, it	was encumbering
	you, we, they	were encumbering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been encumbering
	he, she, it	has been encumbering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been encumbering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be encumbering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been encumbering

1to make it more difficult for someone or something to develop or make progress SYN hinder: be encumbered by/with The whole process is encumbered with bureaucracy.2formal to make it difficult for someone to move easily SYN hinder: She ran slowly, encumbered by her wet skirt.—encumbrance noun [countable]