Hurdle
['hɜːd(ə)l] or ['hɝdl]
解释:
(noun.) a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races.
(noun.) an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; 'the last hurdle before graduation'.
(verb.) jump a hurdle.
科迪莉亚整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
(n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
(n.) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.
(v. t.) To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.
整理:玛丽
解释:
n. a frame of twigs or sticks interlaced: (agri.) a movable frame of timber or iron for gates &c.: a rude sledge on which criminals were drawn to the gallows.—v.t. to enclose with hurdles.—n. Hur′dle-race a race where the runners whether men or horses have to clear a succession of hurdles.
格伦达整理
例句:
- In the views of hurdle-leaping, the simulation was still more admirable, even to the motion of the tail as the animal gathered for the jump, the raising of his head, all were there. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- May not this constant dodging or hurdling of statutes be a sign that there is something the matter with the statutes? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
整理:米歇尔