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单词 obstacle
释义

obstaclen.adj.

Brit. /ˈɒbstəkl/, U.S. /ˈɑbztək(ə)l/, /ˈɑbstək(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English obstacull, Middle English obstakel, Middle English obstakil, Middle English obstakill, Middle English obstakle, Middle English obstakyl, Middle English obstakyll, Middle English ostakyl, Middle English–1500s obstacul, Middle English–1500s obstakell, Middle English– obstacle, 1600s obstackell; Scottish pre-1700 obstacile, pre-1700 obstacul, pre-1700 obstacule, pre-1700 obstacull, pre-1700 obstaikle, pre-1700 obstaikyll, pre-1700 obstakil, pre-1700 obstakile, pre-1700 obstakill, pre-1700 obstakle, pre-1700 obstakyle, pre-1700 obstakyll, pre-1700 obstakylle, pre-1700 obstickill, pre-1700 obstickle, pre-1700 obstikelle, pre-1700 1700s– obstacle. N.E.D. (1902) also records forms Middle English obstakele, Middle English ostakil.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French obstacle.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French obstacle thing that stands in the way, hindrance, impediment (c1225 in Old French; also attested in 14th cent. as ostacle ; also in Anglo-Norman as obstakel ; French obstacle ) < classical Latin obstāculum thing that stands in the way, obstruction (2nd cent. a.d.) < obstāre to stand in the way of, obstruct, withstand, resist (see obstant adj.) + -culum -cule suffix; compare -cle suffix.
A. n.
1. Something that stands in the way or that obstructs progress (literal and figurative); a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle
hinderc1200
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
c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1787 The god of loue..Agayns his myght ther gayneth none obstacles.
c1395 G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale 1300 And whan he knew that ther was noon obstacle.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 107 (MED) Violence he doys to all his lettars, & all ostakyls he byrstis to-gidyr.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxiii. 72 Maken an obstakell that on the baksyde they be not enuahysshed.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xvii. 32 I sall ouerpasse the wall, that is obstakil of synn.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 98 Seyng that matrymony ys the only or chefe mean polytyke..we must..study to take away al obstaculys & lettys wych we fynd therto.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 141 That he wald exasperat thame of Ingland..quha already wald haue invadit the Scottis airmie war nocht the greatter obstakill and impediement.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 146 If all obstacles were cut awaie, And that my path were euen to the crown. View more context for this quotation
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. c The Obstacle the course of the Tide meets with by London-bridge.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 55. ⁋1 He should remove the Obstacle which prevented the Use of his Sight.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. iii. 52 In Avarice we find many who are no Obstacles to our Pursuits. View more context for this quotation
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xx. 307 The weavil indeed is a formidable obstacle to the cultivation of this grain.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 152 The great table-land presents an obstacle to the migration of species.
1881 H. James Washington Square xiv. 108 To put obstacles in the way of his marrying is to increase my own difficulties.
1911 J. M. Barrie Peter & Wendy xiii. 192 At the first stealthy step forward he discovered an obstacle, the door of Slightly's tree.
1949 Times 31 Jan. 4/6 Business men are tempted to employ ‘contact men’ in an effort to smooth away obstacles.
2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Apr. a26/2 But a big, if puzzling, obstacle is the environmental lobby.
2. to make obstacle: to offer resistance or opposition; to object or refuse. Chiefly Scottish in later use. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)]
to stop one's way1338
contraryc1380
again-laya1382
traversec1400
to make obstaclec1425
warc1460
thwart1519
oppugn1591
oppose1599
oppone1640
throwa1700
antagonize1707
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 1363 (MED) To-forne his swerd þe durst nat..make noon obstacle.
?a1430 T. Hoccleve Balade to Virgin & Christ l. 112 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 70 Ageyn the feendes wrenches, make obstacle!
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 898 (MED) My penne also gynnyth make obstacle And lyst no lengere on paper to renne.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xvi. 260 Throu all the land planly thai raid, Thai fand nane that thaim obstakill maid.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 9 (MED) Slepe me gan oppresse So ponderously, I cowde make noon obstacle.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 25 He mair than the rest maid obstacle.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 126 The French men making obstacle to pay that which I had giuen.
B. adj. Obstinate, stubborn.
Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective]
starkOE
moodyOE
stithc1000
stidyc1175
stallc1275
harda1382
stubbornc1386
obstinate?1387
throa1400
hard nolleda1425
obstinant?a1425
pertinacec1425
stablec1440
dour1488
unresigned1497
difficultc1503
hard-necked1530
pertinatec1534
obstacle1535
stout-stomached1549
hard-faced1567
stunt1581
hard-headed1583
pertinacious1583
stuntly1583
peremptory1589
stomachous1590
mulish1600
stomachful1600
obstined1606
restive1633
obstinacious1649
opinionated1649
tenacious1656
iron-sided1659
sturdy1664
cat-witted1672
obstinated1672
unyielding1677
ruggish1688
bullet-headed1699
tough1780
pelsy1785
stupid1788
hard-set1818
thick and thin1822
stuntya1825
rigwiddie1826
indomitable1830
recalcitrant1830
set1848
mule-headed1870
muley1871
capitose1881
hard-nosed1917
tight1928
1535 Will of Stevyn Humbell (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/25) f. 285v Yf they or any of them be obstakell & roune away.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 17 Fye Ione, that thou wilt be so obstacle . View more context for this quotation

Compounds

obstacle course n. an area, used for military or similar training or for obstacle races, containing an assortment of obstacles to be negotiated; also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > place for training > obstacle course
obstacle course1942
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races
smock-race1707
broose1786
smock-racing1790
sack running1801
torch-race1812
torch-course1839
sack race1859
potato race1865
obstacle race1869
three-legged race1876
mud run1888
egg-and-spoon race1894
cross-country1905
obstacle course1942
runathon1943
pancake race1951
fun run1960
fun running1966
1942 Fortune Nov. 181/1 The camp's obstacle course, which the soldiers call ‘the man-killer,’ makes the course in some camps look like setting-up exercises in the village Y.
1977 New Yorker 27 June 26/1 Then he picked two miracles attributed..to Neumann..and started them over what Father Litz called the Vatican obstacle course.
1994 Harrowsmith June 49/1 The dog must gather the sheep and drive them through a triangular obstacle course.
obstacle race n. [ N.E.D. (1902) notes, with reference to quot. 1869, that ‘Mr. Walter Rye (late Hon. Sec. Lond. Athl. C.) informs us that this was the occasion of the introduction of the term, he having then invented it’] a race in which competitors have to negotiate a series of obstructions; also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races
smock-race1707
broose1786
smock-racing1790
sack running1801
torch-race1812
torch-course1839
sack race1859
potato race1865
obstacle race1869
three-legged race1876
mud run1888
egg-and-spoon race1894
cross-country1905
obstacle course1942
runathon1943
pancake race1951
fun run1960
fun running1966
1869 Sporting Life 17 Mar. 4/2 Among the races on the [Thames Club] programme was one of a character entirely new to the athletic world, viz. an ‘Obstacle Race’.
1888 H. Pottinger in Fortn. Rev. Jan. 93 For some time he [sc. the elk] becomes engaged in a terrible obstacle-race and makes little progress.
1916 in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) vii. 155 They were most amusing sports—mule races, pillow fights, obstacle races etc.
1972 Guardian 11 Mar. 13/1 The standard yardstick for these ski-tourers and ski-mountaineers has been..a mountain obstacle race between..Chamonix, and Zermatt.

Derivatives

obstacleness n. Obsolete rare obstinacy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun]
obstination?1387
pertinacyc1390
obstinacya1393
thronessa1400
stubbornnessc1440
obstinance?a1475
durenessc1480
pertinacity?1504
stomacha1513
stiffness1526
tenacity1526
persistence1546
obstacleness1548
obstinateness1561
stiffneckedness1570
self-mindedness1574
intractability1579
persistency1600
obstinancy1614
contumacy1619
stomachfulness1621
tenaciousness1642
pertinaciousness1651
irresignation1657
peremptoriness1747
mulishness1763
strongheadedness1793
dourness1794
unmovableness1818
stoutheartedness1826
bullet-headednessa1849
stalwartism1879
camelishness1883
thick and thin1884
stupidity1886
jusqu'auboutisme1917
die-hardism1922
obstinative-
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark ix. f. 63v O faythlesse nacion..Howe long shall I..striue with youre vnfaythfull obstaclenesse [L. pertinacia]?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

obstaclev.

Forms: 1600s 1800s obstacle; also Scottish pre-1700 obstaikyll.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: obstacle n.
Etymology: < obstacle n. Compare French †obstacler (early 17th cent.).
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To place obstacles or difficulties in the way of.
ΘΚΠ
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
1538 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 194 [If the said Mungo be] obstaikyllit [the said Thomas obliges himself to pay, etc.].
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 18 Let not the passions of..love or hate obstacle ingenious judgement.
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 64 Solomon also opprest the People so,..as it obstacled his son Rehoboams Kinging.
1889 E. V. Talbot Diary of Ann Page in Voice (N.Y.) 24 Oct. Alack! that our pleasant friendship..should have been so soon obstacled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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