each of a series of vertical frames that a person or horse jumps over in a race （供人或马在赛跑中跨越的）栏架，跨栏 
His horse fell at the final hurdle. 他骑的马在最后一个栏架倒下了。 to clear a hurdle (= jump over it successfully) 跨过栏架
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc2She cleared the first few hurdles easily. 她轻松地跃过了头几个栏架。 She cleared the first hurdle in the lead. 她率先跨过第一个栏架。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hurdle- clear
- jump
- jump over
- …
- hurdles[plural]
a race in which runners or horses have to jump over hurdles 跨栏赛 the 300 m hurdles 300 米跨栏赛
a problem or difficulty that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve something 难关；障碍 The next hurdle will be getting her parents' agreement. 下一个难关是征得她父母的同意。 Well we’ve cleared the first hurdle; let’s see what happens next. 好啦，我们已清除了第一个障碍，看看接下来会发生什么。 We worked hard for three months on the deal only to see it fall at the final hurdle. 我们为这笔交易努力了三个月，结果却发现交易已经到了最后一关。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec1We'll cross that hurdle when we come to it. 我们会跨过这道坎的。 You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam. 通过入学考试你就已经越过了第一大难关。 We'll jump each hurdle as we come to it. 我们会跨越我们遇到的每一道难关。 This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face. 这也许是我们遇到的最棘手的难题。 The plan fell at the first hurdle. 这项计划在第一关就失败了。 The first big hurdle in putting your car on the road is getting insurance. 让车子上路的第一大难关就是购买保险。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- difficult
- high
- …
- face
- clear
- jump
- …
Word OriginOld English hyrdel ‘temporary fence’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch horde and German Hürde.