单词 | encumber |
释义 | encumber —encumberingly, adv. /en kum"beuhr/, v.t. 1. to impede or hinder; hamper; retard: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action. 2. to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information. 3. to burden or weigh down: She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages. 4. to burden with obligations, debt, etc. Also, incumber. [1300-50; ME encombren < AF, MF encombrer, equiv. to en- EN-1 + -combrer, v. deriv. of combre dam, weir < early ML combrus < Gaulish *comberos confluence, bringing together (cf. Quimper, in Brittany < Breton Kemper); see COM-, BEAR1] |
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