hampernoun詞源 1/ˈhæm.pə/

• 1

  A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.

  • a hamper of wine
  • a clothes hamper
• 2

  A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper).

• 3

  A gift basket.

hamperverb詞源 1/ˈhæm.pə/

• 1

  To put into a hamper.

  • Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.

hamperverb詞源 2/ˈhæm.pə/

• 1

  To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.

  • Near-synonym: hobble
  • Wife. Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and bring a Mittimus from the Iustice for this desperate villaine. Now I charge you Gentlemen, see the Kings peace kept. O my heart what a varlet's this to offer manslaughter vpon the harmlesse Gntlewoman? Cit. I warrant thee (sweet heart) wee'l haue him hampered.
• 2

  To impede in motion or progress.

  • Engend'ring heats, these one by one unbind, Stretch their small tubes, and hamper'd nerves unwind.
  • They hamper and entangle our souls.

hampernoun詞源 2/ˈhæm.pə/

• 1

  A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

• 2

  nauticaltransportArticles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

  • One afternoon there was a mighty queer noise aloft, which set the men running in every direction. It was the main-t'-gallant-mast. Crash! it broke off just above the cap, and held there by the rigging, dashed with every roll from side to side, with all the hamper that belonged to it.