cumber
英 ['k?mb?]
美 ['k?mb?]
- vt. 阻礙，妨害；使受苦
- n. 拖累，累贅；妨害
- n. (Cumber)人名；(英)坎伯
助記提示
1. com- => cum- + ber- (bear => ber-, 即 ber- 是由 bear 縮略而來) => cumber.
2. 字面含義為：carry together, bear together.
3. 引申為：負擔過多、過重的，裝載、負荷過重、過多的。
4. => 使負荷過重，拖累；阻礙，妨害；使煩惱，折磨。
中文詞源
cumber 妨害，拖累來自古英語combren,來自ber-,帶來，承受，詞源同bear,burden.
英文詞源
- cumber (v.)
- c. 1300, "to overthrow, destroy; to be overwhelmed; to harass," apparently from French, but Old French combrer "to seize hold of, lay hands on, grab, snatch, take by force, rape," has not quite the same sense. Perhaps a shortened formation from a verb akin to Middle English acombren "obstructing progress," from Old French encombrer, from combre "obstruction, barrier," from Vulgar Latin *comboros "that which is carried together," perhaps from a Gaulish word.
The likely roots are PIE *kom (see com-) + *bher- (1) "to bear" (see infer). Weakened sense of "to hamper, to obstruct or weigh down" is late 14c. Related: Cumbered; cumbering.
雙語例句
- 1. We shall not cumber our thought with his reproaches.
- 我們不要受他責難的影響,思想裹步不前.
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- 2. Even an experienced cumber will get into trouble.
- 哪怕是個有經驗的登山者也會餡入困境.
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