資料來源 : pyDict

障礙,跳欄,臨時活動籬笆用籬笆圍,越過,克服

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hurdle \Hur"dle\, n. [OE. hurdel, hirdel, AS. hyrdel; akin to D.
   horde, OHG. hurt, G. h["u]rde a hurdle, fold, pen, Icel. hur?
   door, Goth. ha['u]rds, L. cratis wickerwork, hurdle, Gr. ?,
   Skr. k?t to spin, c?t to bind, connect. [root]16. Cf.
   {Crate}, {Grate}, n.]
   1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and
      stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for
      folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in
      fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

   2. In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were
      formerly drawn to the place of execution. --Bacon.

   3. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which
      men or horses leap in a race.

   {Hurdle race}, a race in which artificial barriers in the
      form of hurdles, fences, etc., must be leaped.

Hurdle \Hur"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurdleed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Hurdleing}.]
   To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles. --Milton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

hurdle
     n 1: a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in
          certain races
     2: an obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last
        hurdle before graduation"
     3: the act of jumping over an obstacle [syn: {vault}]

hurdle
     v : jump a hurdle