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
GRE

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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