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- 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。
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- N. Amer. 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。
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- Brit. a box containing food and drink for a special occasion〈英〉（装有食品和酒的）礼盒：
a Christmas food hamper.
圣诞食品礼盒。
词源
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.
with obj.(常作be hampered)
- 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。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'shackle， entangle， catch'）： perhaps related to German hemmen 'restrain'.