Old English hyrdel "frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier," diminutive of hyrd "door," from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz "wickerwork frame, hurdle" (cognates: Old Saxon hurth "plaiting, netting," Dutch horde "wickerwork," German Hürde "hurdle, fold, pen;" Old Norse hure, Gothic haurds "door"), from PIE *krtis (cognates: Latin cratis "hurdle, wickerwork," Greek kartalos "a kind of basket," kyrtos "fishing creel"), from root *kert- "to weave, twist together" (cognates: Sanskrit krt "to spin"). Sense of "barrier to jump in a race" is by 1822; figurative sense of "obstacle" is 1924.
hurdle (v.)
1590s, "to build like a hurdle," from hurdle (n.). Sense of "to jump over" dates from 1880 (implied in hurdling). Related: Hurdled; hurdling. Hurdles as a type of race (originally horse race) with hurdles as obstacles is attested by 1836 (hurdle-race is from 1822).
例文
1. Crystal Spirit unseated his rider in the Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury.
ニューベリーで行われたバークシャー障害のレースで「水玉の精霊」が騎手を吹き飛ばした。
2.His horse fell at the final hurdle .
彼が乗っていた馬は最後のハードルで倒れた。
3.Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are packed off home.
候補者の3分の2が最初の難関で敗れ、持ち帰りを余儀なくされた。
4.She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family 's farm.
彼女は自宅の農場で干し草の束を跳んでハードルをマスターした。
5.With her speed and agility，Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.