cumber

英 ['kʌmbə] 美 ['kʌmbə]

• v. 拖累；妨碍
• n. 妨碍；累赘

英英释义

Verb:

1. hold back

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. You don’t want to cumber with anyone!
   你不想拖累任何人！
2. I don't want to cumber with my teacher.
   我不愿拖累老师。
3. We could not cumber our thought with his reproaches.
   我们不会因为他的谴责而妨碍我们的想法。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I couldn't arrive here earlier because of some cumber.
   我因受阻未能早些到这里。

经典引文

• Hay chambers..with their cumber of past days..parts of spinning-wheels, giant presses, cheese-stones.

  出自： A. Uttley

• But Martha was cumbred about much seruing.

  出自：Bible (AV): Luke

近反义词

【近义词】

• prey 牺牲者
• oppress 使烦恼
• restrain 抑制
• encumber 妨害
• constrain 强迫