hurdle

英 ['hɜːd(ə)l] 美 ['hɝdl]

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hurdle 栏杆，跨栏

来自古英语hyrd,门，篱笆门，来自Proto-Germanic*hurdiz,柳条筐，篱笆门，来自PIE*kert,弯，转，编织，词源同crate,grate.后引申词义栏杆以及跨栏运动。

hurdle: hurdle: see hoard
hurdle (n.): Old English hyrdel "frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier," diminutive of hyrd "door," from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz "wickerwork frame, hurdle" (cognates: Old Saxon hurth "plaiting, netting," Dutch horde "wickerwork," German Hürde "hurdle, fold, pen;" Old Norse hurð, Gothic haurds "door"), from PIE *krtis (cognates: Latin cratis "hurdle, wickerwork," Greek kartalos "a kind of basket," kyrtos "fishing creel"), from root *kert- "to weave, twist together" (cognates: Sanskrit krt "to spin"). Sense of "barrier to jump in a race" is by 1822; figurative sense of "obstacle" is 1924.
hurdle (v.): 1590s, "to build like a hurdle," from hurdle (n.). Sense of "to jump over" dates from 1880 (implied in hurdling). Related: Hurdled; hurdling. Hurdles as a type of race (originally horse race) with hurdles as obstacles is attested by 1836 (hurdle-race is from 1822).

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1. Crystal Spirit unseated his rider in the Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury.: 在纽伯里举行的伯克郡障碍赛中“水玉精灵”把骑师掀了下来。

3. Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are packed off home.: 三分之二的候选人在第一个难关就败下阵来，只好打包回家了。

4. She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm.: 她通过在自家农场里跳跨干草捆学会了跨栏。

5. With her speed and agility, Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.: 凯奇在跨栏赛跑中速度快、动作敏捷, 击败了所有其他选手.