hamper
阻碍,篮子,阻碍物,篮板
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Definitions
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- : to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- : to interfere with; curtail: The dancers' movements were hampered by their elaborate costumes.
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- : Nautical. gear that, although necessary to the operations of a vessel, is sometimes in the way.
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Examples
Do loads frequently I’m guilty of letting the hamper fill up from time to time, but I try to do a load of workout clothes weekly so stuff doesn’t marinate in its own funk.
The stakes are high, the information is limited, and the questions pile up like laundry in the hamper — routine and never-ending.
She suggests using the smaller basket or larger hamper to hold blankets, toys or books.
The hamper is available in rounded edge or rectangular, depending upon your preference, and comes in 4 different wicker color finishes.
The basket holds up to 105L which is larger than most laundry hampers.
If Gentleman's Quarterly comes by for a photo spread, Palmer won't have to put a single sock in a hamper.
My daughter asleep, and her T-shirt in the hamper, my wife, I call her MZ, wanted a word.
Physicians in Florida are being threatened with a law that, if enacted, will seriously hamper their ability to do their jobs.
Another factor that might hamper the investigation is the transient nature of the homeless population.
Because we use knives and forks every day, we do not notice how they hamper us.
No further obstacle shall rise to hamper us once our backs are turned upon the ugly walls of Condillac.
It was, in fact, a regular dog's straw hamper, but it was lined with heavy quilted silk and padded with wool.
When the day arrived, the cat was tied safely up in a hamper, put in charge of the guard, and sent on its way.
Such knowledge, indeed, tends to hamper that free play of the imagination so necessary in this work.
When he returned he was followed by a waiter with a hamper to whose bestowal in the back of the car he looked carefully.