handicap

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders. countable,uncountable
    — Age is often a handicap.
  2. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success. countable,uncountable
    — The older boy won, even though his opponent had been granted a handicap of five meters.
  3. An individual's physical or mental disadvantage or disability. countable,uncountable
  4. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors. countable,uncountable
  5. An old card game, similar to lanterloo. obsolete,uncountable
    — Here some of us fell to handicap, a sport that I never knew before, which was very good.
  6. Synonym of hand-in-cap (“old English trading game”). obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To encumber with a handicap in any contest. transitive
  2. To place at disadvantage. broadly,figuratively,transitive
    — The candidate was handicapped by her lack of experience.
  3. To estimate betting odds.
    — Grandpa Andy would buy the racing form the day ahead of time so he could handicap the race before he even arrived at the track.

词形变化

handicaps plural handicaps present,singular,third-person handicapping participle,present handicapped participle,past handicapped past

词汇关系

衍生词
Benghazi Handicap handicamp handicapism handicapitalism handicappable handicapper handicap principle handiphobia nonhandicap overhandicap polyhandicap prehandicap re-handicap rehandicap self-handicap

词源

词源 1
From hand-in-cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.
词源 2
From hand-in-cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.
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