hamper
英検準1級妨げる。進歩・作業を
意味
- …をじゃまする,妨げる
- (食べ物を入れるふた付きの)手さげかご
- 《米》洗たく物かご
例文
Some people listen to music when writing, but others say it hampers their productivity.
音楽を聞きながら書き物をする人もいるが、音楽を聞きながらだと能率が下がるという人もいる。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from 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”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.