hamperとは

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæmpɚ/

語源 1

From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet または cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Old Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), 古期英語 hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.

別の表記

• hampire (廃れた用法)

名詞

hamper (複数形 hampers)

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

   an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels

2. (まれに except in New England) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper

動詞

hamper (三人称単数 現在形 hampers, 現在分詞 hampering, 過去形および過去分詞形 hampered)

1. (transitive) To put into a hamper.

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

語源 2

From Middle English hamperen, hampren (“to hamper, oppress”), probably of the same origin as English hamble (“to limp”), Scots hamp (“to halt in walking, stutter”), Dutch haperen (“to falter, hesitate”), German hemmen (“to stop, hinder, check”). More at hamble.

動詞

hamper (三人称単数 現在形 hampers, 現在分詞 hampering, 過去形および過去分詞形 hampered)

1. (transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
   • (Can we date this quote?), Roger L'Estrange, (Please provide the book title または journal name):

     A lion hampered in a net.

   Synonyms: ensnare, inveigle

2. To impede in motion or progress.

   Synonyms: hinder, embarrass, encumber

   • 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:

     Engend'ring heats, these one by one unbind, Stretch their small tubes, and hamper'd nerves unwind.

   • (Can we date this quote?), John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion:

     They hamper and entangle our souls.

名詞

hamper (複数形 hampers)

1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
2. (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

派生語

• top-hamper (“unnecessary spars かつ rigging kept aloft”)

アナグラム

• Perham