embarrasn.

Brit.

/ɒmbəˈrɑː/, U.S.

/ˌɑmbəˈrɑ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1600s ambara's, 1600s ambaras, 1600s–1700s embarass, 1600s–1700s embarrass, 1600s– embarras.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French embarras.

Etymology: < French embarras obstacle (1552), difficult situation (1561), state of being in a quandary, uncertainty about what to think or what action to take (1660), in Canadian French also accumulation of driftwood obstructing a waterway (c1725 or earlier) < embarrasser embarrass v. Compare Spanish embarazo (beginning of the 14th cent. as †embaraço ), Portuguese embaraço (1556), Italian imbarazzo (first half of the 16th cent. or earlier). Compare embarrassment n.

1. = embarrassment n. (in various senses). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]

mingingOE

riddleOE

cumbermentc1300

willa1325

encumbrancec1330

were1338

perplexitya1393

discomfiturea1425

cumbrancec1460

confuse1483

proplexity1487

perplexion?c1500

amazedness?1520

amazement1553

subversion1558

amaze?1560

perplexednessa1586

confusedness1587

puzzle1599

confusion1600

mizmaze1604

discomfita1616

embarras1627

obfuscation1628

mystery1629

confoundedness1641

puzzledness1662

confuseness1710

puzzlement1731

puzzledom1748

embarrassment1751

puzzleation1767

bepuzzlement1806

conjecture1815

mystification1817

bewilderment1819

perplexment1826

fuddle1827

wilderment1830

discomforture1832

head-scratching1832

baffle1843

posement1850

muddlement1857

turbidity1868

fogging1878

bemuddlement1884

harl1889

befuddlement1905

turbidness1906

wuzziness1942

perplexability1999

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > embarrassment

embarras1627

constraint1706

embarrassment1751

gêne1787

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > of thought, expression

embarras1710

embarrassment1751

1627 T. Kellie Pallas Armata 24 Their Swordes doe chap and are entangled vpon their Side-men, so that they annoy their Side-men, and themselues are hindered to turne, and therefore breedes a great embarras and confusion in the Battell.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 15 July (1971) IV. 208 The greatest Embarras that I have..how to behave myself to Sir H. Bennet.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. 40 An Ambara's of Chaires and Coaches at your Door.

1677 W. Temple Let. in Wks. (1731) II. 434 How great an Embarass Count Kinski is like to bring upon you there.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §25 Clear the First Principles of Knowledge from the embarras and delusion of words.

1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris ii. 33 Aid me to escape this Embarras.

1778 E. Apthorp Lett. Prevalence Christianity 220 I think it impossible to clear up Cicero's embarras.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 157 He received us..with some embarras.

1906 H. James Let. 17 Nov. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) i. 67 You will have finished your new fiction... I..envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things.

2. spec. North American. An accumulation of driftwood obstructing a waterway; (also) a place in a waterway obstructed by driftwood. Now rare, chiefly historical.

ΚΠ

1801 A. Mackenzie Voy. from Montreal 226 In passing over one of the embarras, our dog..fell in.

1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 7 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 205 At the distance of every mile or two,..there are embarras, or rafts, formed by the collection of trees closely matted, and extending from twenty to thirty yards.

1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 10 Apr. 208 in Views Louisiana (1814) 205 Passed an embarras, N.E. side, the most difficult since we started.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Embarras, an American term for places where the navigation of rivers..is rendered difficult by the accumulation of driftwood.

1932 Collier's 9 Jan. 35/1 The oldest pilot had never seen such an embarras, which was a landmark in sight for miles.

1963 Boys' Life July 54/1 Ben..immediately spotted the embarras blocking the river some distance ahead.

1996 W. M. Gear Morning River xii. 186 Travis watched an embarras float past, splintered branches dripping like bloody spears as the current toyed with the jagged snarl of wood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embarras
释义	embarrasn. Brit. /ɒmbəˈrɑː/, U.S. /ˌɑmbəˈrɑ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1600s ambara's, 1600s ambaras, 1600s–1700s embarass, 1600s–1700s embarrass, 1600s– embarras. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French embarras. Etymology: < French embarras obstacle (1552), difficult situation (1561), state of being in a quandary, uncertainty about what to think or what action to take (1660), in Canadian French also accumulation of driftwood obstructing a waterway (c1725 or earlier) < embarrasser embarrass v. Compare Spanish embarazo (beginning of the 14th cent. as †embaraço ), Portuguese embaraço (1556), Italian imbarazzo (first half of the 16th cent. or earlier). Compare embarrassment n. 1. = embarrassment n. (in various senses). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > embarrassment embarras1627 constraint1706 embarrassment1751 gêne1787 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > of thought, expression embarras1710 embarrassment1751 1627 T. Kellie Pallas Armata 24 Their Swordes doe chap and are entangled vpon their Side-men, so that they annoy their Side-men, and themselues are hindered to turne, and therefore breedes a great embarras and confusion in the Battell. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 15 July (1971) IV. 208 The greatest Embarras that I have..how to behave myself to Sir H. Bennet. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. 40 An Ambara's of Chaires and Coaches at your Door. 1677 W. Temple Let. in Wks. (1731) II. 434 How great an Embarass Count Kinski is like to bring upon you there. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §25 Clear the First Principles of Knowledge from the embarras and delusion of words. 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris ii. 33 Aid me to escape this Embarras. 1778 E. Apthorp Lett. Prevalence Christianity 220 I think it impossible to clear up Cicero's embarras. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 157 He received us..with some embarras. 1906 H. James Let. 17 Nov. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) i. 67 You will have finished your new fiction... I..envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things. 2. spec. North American. An accumulation of driftwood obstructing a waterway; (also) a place in a waterway obstructed by driftwood. Now rare, chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1801 A. Mackenzie Voy. from Montreal 226 In passing over one of the embarras, our dog..fell in. 1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 7 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 205 At the distance of every mile or two,..there are embarras, or rafts, formed by the collection of trees closely matted, and extending from twenty to thirty yards. 1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 10 Apr. 208 in Views Louisiana (1814) 205 Passed an embarras, N.E. side, the most difficult since we started. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Embarras, an American term for places where the navigation of rivers..is rendered difficult by the accumulation of driftwood. 1932 Collier's 9 Jan. 35/1 The oldest pilot had never seen such an embarras, which was a landmark in sight for miles. 1963 Boys' Life July 54/1 Ben..immediately spotted the embarras blocking the river some distance ahead. 1996 W. M. Gear Morning River xii. 186 Travis watched an embarras float past, splintered branches dripping like bloody spears as the current toyed with the jagged snarl of wood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1627
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