Hurdle

Definition

hurdle /'hɜ:dl/ n ၁။ (က) [C] (တန္းေက်ာ္ေျပးပြဲ တြင္) တန္း။ five furlongs over hurdles ❍ fall at the last hurdle. (ခ) hurdles [pl] တန္းေက်ာ္ေျပး။ win the 400 metres hurdles. ၂။ [C] အခက္အခဲ။ အက်ပ္အတည္း။ economic and political hurdles standing in the way of progress ❍ I've passed the written test; the interview is the next hurdle. v ~ (over) sth တန္းေက်ာ္ေျပးသည္။ hurdling (over) a barrier. ❏ hurdler /'hɜ:dlǝ(r)/ n တန္းေက်ာ္ေျပးသမား၊ ျမင္း။ ❏ hurdling n [U] တန္းေက်ာ္ေျပးပြဲ။

Examples

1. The 400 metre hurdles
2. Finding investors is the biggest hurdle we face.
3. [cross/clear a hurdle] : I’ll feel better after we’ve cleared that hurdle.