| 英语单词 | hobble |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['hɒbl] 美 ['hɑːbl] |
| 中文释义 | v.蹒跚;跛行 n.蹒跚 |
| 英语例句 | (1) This may hobble the bull in the future. (2) The old man hobbled along (the road) with the aid of his stick. (3) I hurt my foot,and had to hobble home. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这些可能会使得这头牛在未来步履蹒跚。 (2) 那老汉拄著拐杖一瘸一拐地走著。 (3) 我的脚受了伤,只好一拐一拐地走回家。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you hobble, you walk awkwardly or unsteadily because you're in pain. You might wipe out on your bike and then hobble back home, pushing it in front of you. |
| vocabulary扩展 | People who hobble, walking with a limp or a shuffle, have most often been injured in some way, though a disabled or elderly person might hobble as well. You can call the walk itself a hobble as well: "I knew that football tackle hurt when I saw your hobble as you left the field." The root of hobble is Old English — it's related to the Dutch hobbelen, "rock from side to side." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]跛行;一瘸一拐地走 If you hobble, you walk in an awkward way with small steps, for example because your foot is injured. [V adv/prep] [V]
2 [VERB 动词]妨碍;阻碍 To hobble something or someone means to make it more difficult for them to be successful or to achieve what they want. [V n]
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