hamper
US: /ˈhæmpɝ/
UK: /hˈæmpɐ/
UK: /hˈæmpɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
hamper /'hæmpə/
- danh từ
- cái hòm mây (để đựng thức ăn)
- thức (ăn, uống) đựng trong hòm mây
- (hàng hải) đồ trang bị cồng kềnh
- ngoại động từ
- làm vướng (sự cử động của ai...)
- (nghĩa bóng) cản trở, ngăn trở
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN] [often passive] (written) to prevent sb from easily doing or achieving sth
Synonym: HINDER
Our efforts were severely hampered by a lack of money.
+ noun
1 a large basket with a lid, especially one used to carry food in: a picnic hamper
2 (especially BrE) a box or parcel containing food, sent as a gift: a Christmas hamper
3 (AmE) a large basket that you keep your dirty clothes in until they are washed
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
slow, balk or baulk, delay, hold up, retard, inhibit, encumber, hinder, obstruct, block, impede, prevent, interfere with, frustrate, restrict, curb, limit, handicap, restrain, trammel, bar, barricade, shackle, clog, curtail, lessen, reduce, diminish:
Ice floes hampered their further progress.
n.
basket, pannier, creel, Brit punnet; hanaper, Dialectal skep:
A hamper arrived from Fortnum's, packed full of delicacies such as foie gras and peaches in brandy.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
badly, greatly, seriously, severely
Rescue efforts were severely hampered by the bad weather.
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Concise English dictionary
hampers|hampered|hampering'hæmpə(r)
noun
+a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
+a basket usually with a cover
verb
+prevent the progress or free movement of
+put at a disadvantage
