encumber
- IPA[inˈkəmbər]
美式
- restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult；saddle (a person or estate) with a debt or mortgage
verb: encumber, 3rd person present: encumbers, gerund or present participle: encumbering, past tense: encumbered, past participle: encumbered
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult she was encumbered by her heavy skirts they had arrived encumbered with families 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ saddle (a person or estate) with a debt or mortgage an estate heavily encumbered with debt
- ▪ fill or block up (a place) we tripped over sticks and stones, which encumber most of the trail
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- IPA[ɪnˈkʌmbə]
英式
- restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult: she was encumbered by her heavy skirts they had arrived encumbered with families
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