🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

篮子

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lánzi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hamper/ˈhæm.pər/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"把脏衣服放进篮子里。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large basket with a lid, used for laundry or food.

    "He tossed his dirty clothes into the wicker hamper."
As verb
  1. 1

    To hinder or impede the movement or progress of something.

    "Heavy traffic will hamper the morning commute."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English hampren, meaning to shackle, restrict, or entrap, possibly originating as a short form of earlier words related to basketry or restraint. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a physical constraint or basket to the abstract sense of obstructing progress or movement.

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