hurdle

hurdle

英 ['hɜːd(ə)l]
　　美 ['hɝdl]

n. 障礙；欄；跳欄
　　vt. 克服
　　vi. 克服；跳過
　　n. (Hurdle)人名；(英)赫德爾

中文詞源：

hurdle 欄桿，跨欄

來自古英語hyrd,門，籬笆門，來自Proto-Germanic*hurdiz,柳條筐，籬笆門，來自PIE*kert,彎，轉，編織，詞源同crate,grate.後引申詞義欄桿以及跨欄運動。

例句：

1. Crystal Spirit unseated his rider in the Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury.
在紐伯裡舉行的伯克郡障礙賽中“水玉精靈”把騎師掀瞭下來。

2. His horse fell at the final hurdle.
他騎的馬在最後一個跨欄倒下瞭。

3. Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are packed off home.
三分之二的候選人在第一個難關就敗下陣來，隻好打包回傢瞭。

4. She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm.
她通過在自傢農場裡跳跨幹草捆學會瞭跨欄。

5. With her speed and agility, Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.
凱奇在跨欄賽跑中速度快、動作敏捷, 擊敗瞭所有其他選手.