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单词 hamper
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hamper1

noun ˈhampəˈhæmpər
  • 1A basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic.

    有盖大篮;有盖食品篮

    a picnic hamper

    野餐食品篮。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Alternatively, many take a picnic hamper and wine and enjoy the carnival atmosphere of Coronation Park at The Channon prior to an afternoon of fine music.
    • Spectators will also be asked to leave items not required during their trip, including picnic hampers or bags, outside the complex, because of security fears.
    • Ladies trying hard not to aerate the lawn with their Manolos opened the John Lewis picnic hampers.
    • Champagne flowed freely as capacity crowds of 6,000 people spread chairs, picnic hampers and banners across the grass for the Concerts in the Park, sponsored by the Echo.
    • There is a general flurry of activity as horseboxes are unloaded, horses harnessed to their carriages and bulging picnic hampers tucked on board in readiness for the lunchtime stop.
    • Simply pack a picnic hamper and head off through the olive and cypress groves for tiny inland settlements like Klonatika, Fontana and Anemogianatika which has twice as many letters in its name as houses!
    • What I don't understand is that if mess from visitors are a problem, how is this going to be solved by still allowing foot traffic - people could still take up picnic hampers or food and drink up with them if they so felt like it.
    • Andreas has made many wonderful items in his few years as a basket maker including creels, potato baskets, Moses baskets, turf baskets, picnic hampers, etc.
    • Spectators were asked to leave items not required during their trip, including picnic hampers and bags, outside.
    • Bridging the gap between orchestra and audience, he soon had his public eating out of his hand - rather than their extravagant picnic hampers.
    • When packing your picnic hamper, forget white wine and try these slightly exotic regional red wines.
    • With picnic blankets, hampers and candles in safety cups, the visitors began taking up their positions on the grassy knoll back-dropped by Sydney Harbour, from dusk.
    • Marlon convinces him that it's only jealousy and then asks him to help him carry the picnic hamper.
    • There will be no left luggage at the tournament, with fans forced to leave picnic hampers and bulky bags outside the grounds.
    • Many more important issues will be sending the protesters to London with their Barbours and picnic hampers.
    • Although families are welcome to bring picnic hampers, refreshments will also be on sale.
    • Concertgoers are encouraged to bring their picnic hampers, chairs and blankets and sit back and soak up the atmosphere.
    • Adams was observed to almost put down his picnic hamper in order to approach and threaten a young Hungarian migrant.
    • No braais will be allowed at Zoo Lake and visitors can take picnic hampers or buy food from the local vendors.
    • They came laden with picnic hampers, blankets and chairs, children in tow.
    Synonyms
    basket, pannier, wickerwork basket
    box, container, holder
    1. 1.1British A basket or box containing food for a special occasion.
      〈英〉(装有食品和酒的)礼盒
      a Christmas food hamper

      圣诞食品礼盒。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each winner has already received their fabulous prize of a hamper packed with goodies, to the value of around €100 from the generous people at Boots to mark Mothers Day.
      • Prizes on offer include, hampers, turkeys, biscuits, cakes and bottles of spirits to name just few.
      • The first prize in the Christmas draw is a seasonal hamper packed with all the Christmas goodies and there are plenty of other Christmas prizes as well.
      • Ann Moran won a lovely hamper and a bottle of whiskey.
      • Over the last two weeks the young people saved their own pocket money to fill the hampers, and then went shopping to buy the food and toys.
      • Anderson said the food bank is preparing about 12 to 16 hampers per week lately and that although food bank use has been fairly steady during the last few months no one has been turned away.
      • A raffle will also be held on the night with prizes galore including a television, hampers, bottles of whiskey, brandy etc.
      • There will be lots of extra prizes including a raffle for a hamper, bottles etc.
      • At the end of the show, many in the audience had bagged gift hampers, some of them twice or more!
      • There was a wheel of fortune, cake stall, bottles stall while there was a door prize of a hamper.
      • Over two days 18,000 people went through the gates at the Alice Springs Show and the ABC stall attracted hundreds of visitors keen to chat and enter the competition to win two hampers of ABC goodies.
      • Perhaps you might like a nice hamper or a CD player, maybe a basket of Easter eggs?
      • Until recently housewives set out marketing basket in hand, and berries, fruits, confectionery and wines are still packed in hampers for presentation purposes.
      • There will also be a raffle for hampers, vouchers, bottles etc., on the day.
      • At Christmas Jan specialises in Christmas baskets, picnic baskets and Christmas hampers.
      • First prize is a large hamper, second is a small hamper and third a bottle of brandy plus various other prizes of Christmas goodies.
      • Many hampers, bottles of brandy, whiskey, wine, biscuits etc., can be won.
      • We had a great day there and Josh received a wonderful hamper of cooking items.
      • The hampers will be dished out to families on the estate who have been recommended by health professionals like midwives, social workers or health visitors.
      • The hamper contained £100 worth of Christmas goodies including a bottle of port, nuts and a Dundee cake.
    2. 1.2North American A large basket with a lid, used for laundry.
      〈北美〉(盛备洗衣物的)带盖洗衣篮
      a laundry hamper

      洗衣篮。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We moved all of our clean laundry into drawers and all the dirty laundry into the hamper.
      • A laundry hamper that can't be opened by kitty paws is a first step.
      • She set them in the laundry hamper, before she left silently.
      • She threw her dirty clothes in the laundry hamper and took a shower.
      • Put a laundry hamper under a kid size basketball hoop.
      • In the end I stuffed it at the bottom of my laundry hamper, which is where it will remain until I decide my next step.
      • I also bought two laundry hampers (since for the past few months, I have hardly been able to find a space to sleep in my bed among the piles of clean and dirty clothes) and two sets of sheets.
      • Use a thirty-gallon garbage bin as a laundry hamper… it's waterproof, and hides those unsightly stains and odors.
      • In a shared room you do want to make it as easy as possible for the kids to keep the room organized, so a couple of brightly-colored toy bins and laundry hampers are in order.
      • After one-time use, mop heads are removed and placed in a laundry hamper with other contaminated, reusable woven fabrics.
      • After using the second pile I used to put the laundry in the hamper.
      • If this house is later sold to someone who doesn't need the additional room to accommodate a wheelchair, it can be nicely used for laundry hampers or wicker storage baskets.
      • Jim wrapped the towel around his waist after drying off, added the sock to the rest of the dirty laundry in the hamper, then padded out to the kitchen.
      • I left the room with the vacuum cleaner and the laundry hamper.
      • A few blocks away, Cash Smith floated his two children on laundry hampers and plunged into chest-high waters.
      • He used it as a remote eavesdropping device, tucked beneath beds and hidden in laundry hampers, capturing closed-door confessions and seizing suburban secrets.
      • I took some dirty laundry from a hamper and threw it over his bed, messed up the sheets a little bit, and scuffed his shoe.
      • I put the laundry hamper up on the shelf, and got back into bed.
      • Upstairs Kristin walked back into her room and through there into her bathroom where she undressed, sorted her clothes into the laundry hamper, and showered quickly.
      • Go get the laundry hamper, and put all your dirty clothes in there.

Origin

Middle English (denoting any large case or casket): from Anglo-Norman French hanaper 'case for a goblet', from Old French hanap 'goblet', of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

camper, damper, pamper, scamper, stamper, Tampa, tamper, tramper

hamper2

verb ˈhampəˈhæmpər
[with object]
  • Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.

    妨碍,阻碍

    their work is hampered by lack of funds

    他们的工作由于缺乏资金而受阻。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rocks on the streambed were loose and rolled out from under his feet, hampering his progress.
    • Scottish police officers are also hampered by restrictions on their powers of arrest.
    • It is for the younger generation to liberate the nation from the fetters hampering its progress.
    • There is also a view that his knee, scarred by past injury, is hampering his movement.
    • The New World is not hampered by Old World restrictions and includes the white grapes in the blend and on the labels.
    • We would also like to know what constraints are hampering the tourism investment in the North.
    • Social services chiefs have warned that plans to boost the number of adoptions could be hampered by lack of staff.
    • Once the true cause of his death was established, police were hampered by a lack of witnesses.
    • Lack of electricity is hampering development in a key industrial city of Zhejiang province, a party chief said yesterday.
    • Aid from around the world is coming in but the rescue work is being hampered by a lack of bulldozers and excavators.
    • Experts say a lack of funds is hampering the fight against bird flu in Asian countries such as Indonesia, where a fifth victim died on Monday.
    • In addition, the rate of product approvals by US regulators has slowed, hampering companies' growth plans.
    • Mr Beadle said the market was surprisingly being hampered by a lack of listings.
    • The Health Minister had stated in the Assembly that lack of funds was hampering the development and cleaning works in hospitals.
    • Given the constraints that are hampering the authorities, it would seem that educating the public is of the utmost importance.
    • Initial plans to stage the game were hampered by a lack of a suitable date.
    • Furthermore, research has been hampered by a lack of standardised measures.
    • Similarly in Madrid, the police investigation did not appear to be hampered by lack of mobile phone data.
    • The police organised several cranes to tow away vehicles in the area that were hampering the movement of the fire fighters.
    • The second rower's time in Sydney has not all gone smoothly, with injury hampering his progress at the club he joined in 2000.
    Synonyms
    hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit, retard, baulk, thwart, foil, curb, delay, set back, slow down, hold back, hold up, interfere with
    restrict, restrain, constrain, block, check, curtail, frustrate, cramp, bridle, handicap, cripple, hamstring, shackle, fetter, encumber
    informal stymie
    British informal throw a spanner in the works of
    North American informal bork, throw a monkey wrench in the works of
    rare cumber, trammel
nounˈhampəˈhæmpər
mass nounNautical
  • Necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.

    〔航海〕必要而又碍手碍脚的船具,障碍船具

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mass of the top hamper must be consciously balanced against the tremendous beam.
    • Well, you won't make land or anything else in a thousand years once you get all your top-hamper piled down on deck.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'shackle, entangle, catch'): perhaps related to German hemmen 'restrain'.

hamper1

nounˈhæmpərˈhampər
North American
  • 1A large basket with a lid used for laundry.

    〈北美〉(盛备洗衣物的)带盖洗衣篮

    a laundry hamper

    洗衣篮。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I also bought two laundry hampers (since for the past few months, I have hardly been able to find a space to sleep in my bed among the piles of clean and dirty clothes) and two sets of sheets.
    • We moved all of our clean laundry into drawers and all the dirty laundry into the hamper.
    • I left the room with the vacuum cleaner and the laundry hamper.
    • She threw her dirty clothes in the laundry hamper and took a shower.
    • Go get the laundry hamper, and put all your dirty clothes in there.
    • In the end I stuffed it at the bottom of my laundry hamper, which is where it will remain until I decide my next step.
    • After one-time use, mop heads are removed and placed in a laundry hamper with other contaminated, reusable woven fabrics.
    • Upstairs Kristin walked back into her room and through there into her bathroom where she undressed, sorted her clothes into the laundry hamper, and showered quickly.
    • He used it as a remote eavesdropping device, tucked beneath beds and hidden in laundry hampers, capturing closed-door confessions and seizing suburban secrets.
    • Put a laundry hamper under a kid size basketball hoop.
    • A laundry hamper that can't be opened by kitty paws is a first step.
    • She set them in the laundry hamper, before she left silently.
    • If this house is later sold to someone who doesn't need the additional room to accommodate a wheelchair, it can be nicely used for laundry hampers or wicker storage baskets.
    • I put the laundry hamper up on the shelf, and got back into bed.
    • Jim wrapped the towel around his waist after drying off, added the sock to the rest of the dirty laundry in the hamper, then padded out to the kitchen.
    • A few blocks away, Cash Smith floated his two children on laundry hampers and plunged into chest-high waters.
    • After using the second pile I used to put the laundry in the hamper.
    • Use a thirty-gallon garbage bin as a laundry hamper… it's waterproof, and hides those unsightly stains and odors.
    • I took some dirty laundry from a hamper and threw it over his bed, messed up the sheets a little bit, and scuffed his shoe.
    • In a shared room you do want to make it as easy as possible for the kids to keep the room organized, so a couple of brightly-colored toy bins and laundry hampers are in order.
    1. 1.1 A basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic.
      有盖大篮;有盖食品篮
      a picnic hamper

      野餐食品篮。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Concertgoers are encouraged to bring their picnic hampers, chairs and blankets and sit back and soak up the atmosphere.
      • Marlon convinces him that it's only jealousy and then asks him to help him carry the picnic hamper.
      • Andreas has made many wonderful items in his few years as a basket maker including creels, potato baskets, Moses baskets, turf baskets, picnic hampers, etc.
      • What I don't understand is that if mess from visitors are a problem, how is this going to be solved by still allowing foot traffic - people could still take up picnic hampers or food and drink up with them if they so felt like it.
      • Alternatively, many take a picnic hamper and wine and enjoy the carnival atmosphere of Coronation Park at The Channon prior to an afternoon of fine music.
      • Adams was observed to almost put down his picnic hamper in order to approach and threaten a young Hungarian migrant.
      • Although families are welcome to bring picnic hampers, refreshments will also be on sale.
      • There will be no left luggage at the tournament, with fans forced to leave picnic hampers and bulky bags outside the grounds.
      • Many more important issues will be sending the protesters to London with their Barbours and picnic hampers.
      • No braais will be allowed at Zoo Lake and visitors can take picnic hampers or buy food from the local vendors.
      • Champagne flowed freely as capacity crowds of 6,000 people spread chairs, picnic hampers and banners across the grass for the Concerts in the Park, sponsored by the Echo.
      • With picnic blankets, hampers and candles in safety cups, the visitors began taking up their positions on the grassy knoll back-dropped by Sydney Harbour, from dusk.
      • Simply pack a picnic hamper and head off through the olive and cypress groves for tiny inland settlements like Klonatika, Fontana and Anemogianatika which has twice as many letters in its name as houses!
      • Bridging the gap between orchestra and audience, he soon had his public eating out of his hand - rather than their extravagant picnic hampers.
      • When packing your picnic hamper, forget white wine and try these slightly exotic regional red wines.
      • There is a general flurry of activity as horseboxes are unloaded, horses harnessed to their carriages and bulging picnic hampers tucked on board in readiness for the lunchtime stop.
      • Spectators were asked to leave items not required during their trip, including picnic hampers and bags, outside.
      • Ladies trying hard not to aerate the lawn with their Manolos opened the John Lewis picnic hampers.
      • They came laden with picnic hampers, blankets and chairs, children in tow.
      • Spectators will also be asked to leave items not required during their trip, including picnic hampers or bags, outside the complex, because of security fears.
      Synonyms
      basket, pannier, wickerwork basket

Origin

Middle English (denoting any large case or casket): from Anglo-Norman French hanaper ‘case for a goblet’, from Old French hanap ‘goblet’, of Germanic origin.

hamper2

verbˈhæmpərˈhampər
[with object]
  • Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.

    妨碍,阻碍

    their work is hampered by lack of funds

    他们的工作由于缺乏资金而受阻。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Experts say a lack of funds is hampering the fight against bird flu in Asian countries such as Indonesia, where a fifth victim died on Monday.
    • The rocks on the streambed were loose and rolled out from under his feet, hampering his progress.
    • Similarly in Madrid, the police investigation did not appear to be hampered by lack of mobile phone data.
    • Once the true cause of his death was established, police were hampered by a lack of witnesses.
    • In addition, the rate of product approvals by US regulators has slowed, hampering companies' growth plans.
    • Scottish police officers are also hampered by restrictions on their powers of arrest.
    • Aid from around the world is coming in but the rescue work is being hampered by a lack of bulldozers and excavators.
    • We would also like to know what constraints are hampering the tourism investment in the North.
    • Social services chiefs have warned that plans to boost the number of adoptions could be hampered by lack of staff.
    • It is for the younger generation to liberate the nation from the fetters hampering its progress.
    • The New World is not hampered by Old World restrictions and includes the white grapes in the blend and on the labels.
    • The police organised several cranes to tow away vehicles in the area that were hampering the movement of the fire fighters.
    • Given the constraints that are hampering the authorities, it would seem that educating the public is of the utmost importance.
    • The Health Minister had stated in the Assembly that lack of funds was hampering the development and cleaning works in hospitals.
    • The second rower's time in Sydney has not all gone smoothly, with injury hampering his progress at the club he joined in 2000.
    • There is also a view that his knee, scarred by past injury, is hampering his movement.
    • Lack of electricity is hampering development in a key industrial city of Zhejiang province, a party chief said yesterday.
    • Furthermore, research has been hampered by a lack of standardised measures.
    • Initial plans to stage the game were hampered by a lack of a suitable date.
    • Mr Beadle said the market was surprisingly being hampered by a lack of listings.
    Synonyms
    hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit, retard, baulk, thwart, foil, curb, delay, set back, slow down, hold back, hold up, interfere with
nounˈhæmpərˈhampər
Nautical
  • Necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.

    〔航海〕必要而又碍手碍脚的船具,障碍船具

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mass of the top hamper must be consciously balanced against the tremendous beam.
    • Well, you won't make land or anything else in a thousand years once you get all your top-hamper piled down on deck.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain’.

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