| 单词 | hamper |
| 释义 | hamper (once / 768 pages) 1vn 2n Anything that hampers slows progress or makes it difficult to do something. You might think that the presence of your parents hampers your ability to look cool. The verb hamper is for those times when normal progress is slow but not shut down completely. Hamper often describes travel during bad weather, like icy conditions that could hamper holiday travel. Hamper means "slow going." You may have heard of noun form of hamper, a container for holding dirty laundry: If your hamper is full, the need to do laundry could hamper your plans of going out and having fun. WORD FAMILYhamper: hampered, hampering, hampers+/hampered: unhampered USAGE EXAMPLESPenn State trailed by as many as 13 points, hampered by interceptions on McSorley’s first two passes of the game. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) A splintered internet would hamper its role as a remarkable innovation engine. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) But he suggests that a government might justifiably hamper international trade, or subsidize an ailing industry, in order to sustain particular communities and particular jobs. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v prevent the progress or free movement of He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather Syn|Hyper cramp, halter, strangle bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel place limits on (extent or access) 2v put at a disadvantage Syn|Hyper handicap, hinder disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm 3n a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper bond, shackle, trammel ball and chain heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain fetter, hobblea shackle for the ankles or feet cuff, handcuff, handlock, manacleshackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs chains, ironsmetal shackles; for hands or legs constraint, restraint a device that retards something's motion n a basket usually with a cover Hypo|Hyper clothes basket, clothes hamper, laundry basket, voider a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried food hampera hamper for packing and transporting food basket, handbasket a container that is usually woven and has handles |
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