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Hobble V Walk Related Dutch Cognate Recorded Sense

单词 hobble
音标 ['hɔbl]
解释 v. 蹒跚;跛行
红宝书 【英】 v. 蹒跚(to go unsteadily);跛行(to walk lamely; limp)
【记】 只要知道hobby(癖好) , hobble就容易记住
【例】 hobble along on one's crutches(拄着枴杖向 前跛行)
字源 hobble (v.)
c.1300, hoblen "to rock back and forth, toss up and down," probably related to its Dutch cognate hobbelen (which, however, is not recorded before late 15c.).
Meaning "to walk lamely" is from c.1400. Transitive sense of "tie the legs (of an animal)" first recorded 1831, probably an alteration of 16c. hopple, cognate with Flemish hoppelen "to rock, jump," which also is related to Dutch hobbelen. Sense of "hamper, hinder" is c.1870. Related: Hobbled; hobbling. The noun is 1727, from the verb.
不择手段背单词 v. 蹒跚, 跛行 = limp; 牵制...的行动或进步; 阻碍 = impede
【记】没有一个人的hobby(n 业余爱好)是hobble读: 好ball-好一个ball把李洪志摔了一个狗吃屎(gaucherie n 笨拙), 使他hobble了.
趣味全助记 【记】音:猴步,猴子走步(用两条腿)是蹒跚的,当然它四条腿爬跳时是很快的;音:滑步,滑一步差点摔倒→蹒跚

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