hobble

英 ['hɒbl] 美 ['hɑːbl]

• v. 蹒跚；跛行
• n. 蹒跚

英英释义

Noun:

1. a shackle for the ankles or feet

2. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

Verb:

1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

   "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
   

2. hamper the action or progress of;

   "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
   

3. strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison;

   "hobble race horses"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. This may hobble the bull in the future.
   这些可能会使得这头牛在未来步履蹒跚。
2. The old man hobbled along (the road) with the aid of his stick.
   那老汉拄著拐杖一瘸一拐地走著。
3. I hurt my foot,and had to hobble home.
   我的脚受了伤，只好一拐一拐地走回家。

经典引文

• One of his heels higher than the other; which gives him a hobble in his gait.

  出自： Swift

• An old and stooping nun had hobbled out with a basket of linen to wash.

  出自： D. M. Thomas

词汇搭配

• hobble skirt 下摆极窄的裙子; 狭...
• hobble out 以绳系住的腿任其溜达...

近反义词

【近义词】

• limp 跛行
• stagger 蹒跚
• totter 蹒跚
• shuffle 拖曳
• shamble 蹒跚
• stumble 绊倒
• pinion 鸟翼
• lame 无说服力的
• hitch 猛拉
• gimp 绒丝带
• fetter 为 ... 上脚镣...
• hopple 把脚拴在一起...