encumberとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 encombren, from Old French encombrer, from en- + combrer (“to hinder”); see cumber. By surface analysis, en- +‎ cumber.

発音

• IPA: /ɪnˈkʌmbə(ɹ)/, /ɛnˈkʌmbə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ʌmbə(ɹ)

動詞

encumber (third-person singular simple present encumbers, present participle encumbering, simple past and past participle encumbered)

1. (transitive) To load down something with a burden.
   • 1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:

     In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.

2. (transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
   • 1906 – 1921, John Galsworthy, “Encounter”, in The Forsyte Saga, volume 1:

     He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.

3. (transitive) To burden with a legal claim or other obligation.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

反意語

• disencumber, unload, unencumber

派生語

関連する語

Further reading

• “encumber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “encumber”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “encumber”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.