hurdler

/ˈhɝdəɫɝ/, /ˈhɝdɫɝ/ noun

**Hurdler** is a person who competes in a race that requires leaping over a series of evenly spaced barriers called hurdles. The sport blends sprinting speed with the timing and agility needed to clear each obstacle without breaking stride. A hurdler may be an amateur at a local meet, a collegiate star, or an Olympic champion, each training to perfect the delicate balance between quick footwork and precise jumps. Successful hurdling demands rhythm, flexibility, and the ability to anticipate the exact moment to launch over each barrier while maintaining maximum velocity. Outside athletics, the term can be used metaphorically to describe anyone who skillfully navigates a series of challenges in rapid succession.

【核心含义】指参加跨栏赛跑的运动员,需在高速奔跑中连续跨越栏架。

专指田径运动员,不可与"跳高选手"混淆;引申义可形容巧妙应对连续挑战的人,如"职场跨栏者"。

【Significado central】Es un atleta que compite en carreras de vallas, donde debe saltar una serie de barreras colocadas a distancias regulares mientras mantiene la velocidad de la carrera.

Término del ámbito atlético/deportivo, relacionado con la disciplina de "carrera con vallas" (no confundir con "saltador de altura", que compete en salto alto). En español se usa tanto en masculino ("el vallerista") como femenino ("la vallerista"), y es común en contextos de competencias olímpicas, universitarias y regionales. Metáforicamente, puede describir a alguien que supera una serie de obstáculos o dificultades en rápida sucesión, como en "un experto en sortear retos" en el ámbito laboral o personal. Se asocia con cualidades como ritmo, agilidad y precisión en el momento del salto.

Word Origin Hurdler comes from hurdle, which originally meant a wickerwork frame — from a Proto-Germanic word for 'wickerwork', from the PIE root *kert- 'to plait, weave'. So a hurdle was a woven barrier, and a hurdler is one who leaps over them. The same root gives us crate (a woven container), grate (a lattice), and grill (a gridiron). So hurdling is literally jumping over woven fences.

noun An athlete who competes in the hurdling event. countable

She trained for years to become an Olympic hurdler.

(名词) 跨栏运动员

她训练了多年,成为了一名奥运跨栏运动员。

(sustantivo) vallista; corredor de vallas [Un atleta que compite en la prueba de vallas.]

Entrenó durante años para convertirse en una vallista olímpica.

(nom) coureur de haies; hurdler; sauteur de haies [Athlète spécialisé dans les courses de haies.]

Elle s'est entraînée pendant des années pour devenir une **hurdler** olympique.

(Substantiv) Hürdenläufer; Hürdensportler [Ein Leichtathlet, der im Hürdenlauf antritt.]

Sie trainierte jahrelang, um eine olympische **hurdler** zu werden.

(名詞) ハードルを専門とする陸上競技選手。

彼女はオリンピック選手になるために何年もハードルのトレーニングを積んだ。

(substantivo) atleta de barreiras; corredor de barreiras; barreirista [Um atleta que compete na prova de barreiras.]

Ela treinou por anos para se tornar uma corredora de barreiras olímpica.

Word parts: hurdle + er

Common collocations

champion subst be verb in prep former adj of prep have verb beech subst road subst good adj olympic adj gait subst royal adj

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