Old English hyrdel "frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier," diminutive of hyrd "door," from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz "wickerwork frame, hurdle" (cognates: Old Saxon hurth "plaiting, netting," Dutch horde "wickerwork," German Hürde "hurdle, fold, pen;" Old Norse hurð, Gothic haurds "door"), from PIE *krtis (cognates: Latin cratis "hurdle, wickerwork," Greek kartalos "a kind of basket," kyrtos "fishing creel"), from root *kert- "to weave, twist together" (cognates: Sanskrit krt "to spin"). Sense of "barrier to jump in a race" is by 1822; figurative sense of "obstacle" is 1924.
hurdle (v.)
1590s, "to build like a hurdle," from hurdle (n.). Sense of "to jump over" dates from 1880 (implied in hurdling). Related: Hurdled; hurdling. Hurdles as a type of race (originally horse race) with hurdles as obstacles is attested by 1836 (hurdle-race is from 1822).
实用例句
1. Crystal Spirit unseated his rider in the Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury.
在纽伯里举行的伯克郡障碍赛中“水玉精灵”把骑师掀了下来。
来自柯林斯例句
2. His horse fell at the final hurdle.
他骑的马在最后一个跨栏倒下了。
来自《权威词典》
3. Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are packed off home.
三分之二的候选人在第一个难关就败下阵来，只好打包回家了。
来自柯林斯例句
4. She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm.
她通过在自家农场里跳跨干草捆学会了跨栏。
来自柯林斯例句
5. With her speed and agility, Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.
