hurdle
noun /ˈhɜːdl/
/ˈhɜːrdl/
- enlarge imageeach of a series of vertical frames that a person or horse jumps over in a race
(供人或马在赛跑中跨越的)栏架,跨栏 - His horse fell at the final hurdle.
他骑的马在最后一个栏架倒下了。 - to clear a hurdle (= jump over it successfully)
跨过栏架
Topics Sports: other sportsc2- She cleared the first few hurdles easily.
她轻松地跃过了头几个栏架。 - She cleared the first hurdle in the lead.
她率先跨过第一个栏架。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + hurdle- clear
- jump
- jump over
- …
- His horse fell at the final hurdle.
- hurdles[plural] a race in which runners or horses have to jump over hurdles
跨栏赛 - the 300 m hurdles
300 米跨栏赛
- the 300 m hurdles
- a problem or difficulty that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve something
synonym obstacle难关;障碍 - The next hurdle will be getting her parents' agreement.
下一个难关是征得她父母的同意。 - Well we’ve cleared the first hurdle; let’s see what happens next.
好啦,我们已清除了第一个障碍,看看接下来会发生什么。 - We worked hard for three months on the deal only to see it fall at the final hurdle.
我们为这笔交易努力了三个月,结果却发现交易已经到了最后一关。
Topics Difficulty and failurec1- We'll cross that hurdle when we come to it.
我们会跨过这道坎的。 - You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam.
通过入学考试你就已经越过了第一大难关。 - We'll jump each hurdle as we come to it.
我们会跨越我们遇到的每一道难关。 - This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face.
这也许是我们遇到的最棘手的难题。 - The plan fell at the first hurdle.
这项计划在第一关就失败了。 - The first big hurdle in putting your car on the road is getting insurance.
让车子上路的第一大难关就是购买保险。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- difficult
- high
- …
- face
- clear
- jump
- …
- The next hurdle will be getting her parents' agreement.
词源Old English hyrdel ‘temporary fence’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch horde and German Hürde.