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cumber是什么意思

cumber

英 ['kʌmbə] 美 ['kʌmbɚ]
  • vt. 阻碍,妨害;使受苦
  • n. 拖累,累赘;妨害
  • n. (Cumber)人名;(英)坎伯

助记提示


1. com- => cum- + ber- (bear => ber-, 即 ber- 是由 bear 缩略而来) => cumber.
2. 字面含义为:carry together, bear together.
3. 引申为:负担过多、过重的,装载、负荷过重、过多的。
4. => 使负荷过重,拖累;阻碍,妨害;使烦恼,折磨。

中文词源


cumber 妨害,拖累

来自古英语combren,来自ber-,带来,承受,词源同bear,burden.

英文词源


cumber (v.)
c. 1300, "to overthrow, destroy; to be overwhelmed; to harass," apparently from French, but Old French combrer "to seize hold of, lay hands on, grab, snatch, take by force, rape," has not quite the same sense. Perhaps a shortened formation from a verb akin to Middle English acombren "obstructing progress," from Old French encombrer, from combre "obstruction, barrier," from Vulgar Latin *comboros "that which is carried together," perhaps from a Gaulish word.

The likely roots are PIE *kom (see com-) + *bher- (1) "to bear" (see infer). Weakened sense of "to hamper, to obstruct or weigh down" is late 14c. Related: Cumbered; cumbering.

双语例句


1. We shall not cumber our thought with his reproaches.
我们不要受他责难的影响,思想裹步不前.

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2. Even an experienced cumber will get into trouble.
哪怕是个有经验的登山者也会馅入困境.

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