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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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