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hobble

verb
🔊/ˈhɒbl/
🔊/ˈhɑːbl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hobble
🔊/ˈhɒbl/
🔊/ˈhɑːbl/
he / she / it hobbles
🔊/ˈhɒblz/
🔊/ˈhɑːblz/
past simple hobbled
🔊/ˈhɒbld/
🔊/ˈhɑːbld/
past participle hobbled
🔊/ˈhɒbld/
🔊/ˈhɑːbld/
-ing form hobbling
🔊/ˈhɒblɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhɑːblɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to walk with difficulty, especially because your feet or legs hurt蹒跚；跛行 synonym limp
    • The old man hobbled across the road.老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。🔊🔊
    • She was hobbling around on crutches.她用拐杖蹒跚而行。
    Extra Examples
    • He was still hobbling around with a stick.他仍然用棍子蹒跚而行。
    • She hobbled painfully home.她痛苦地蹒跚着回家。
    • an old lady hobbling down the road一位老太太在路上闲逛
    • He used to hobble around the yard on crutches.过去他经常拄着腋杖在院里一瘸一拐地走。
    • I hobbled off to find my missing shoe.我蹒跚着走去寻找失踪的鞋子。
    • She hobbled painfully back to the hut.她忍着痛跛行回到棚屋里。
    Topics Illnessc2
  2. [transitive] hobble something to tie together two legs of a horse or other animal in order to stop it from running away捆绑（马等的）两腿（以防其走失）
    • The horse’s hind legs had been hobbled.这匹马的后腿已经被绊了。
  3. [transitive] hobble something to make it more difficult for somebody to do something or for something to happen阻止；妨碍
    • Our work is hobbled by the amount of bureaucracy involved.我们所从事的工作因涉及的官僚机构而繁琐。
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Dutch or Low German origin and related to Dutch hobbelen ‘rock from side to side’.