hob·ble
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/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to walk with difficulty, especially because your feet or legs hurt
蹒跚；跛行 - He hobbled painfully across the road.
他痛苦地一瘸一拐地穿过马路。 - She was hobbling around on crutches.
她拄着拐杖一瘸一拐地走来走去。
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc2- He was still hobbling around with a stick.
他仍然拄着棍子一瘸一拐地走来走去。 - She hobbled painfully home.
她痛苦地一瘸一拐地回家。 - I saw a woman hobbling towards me.
我看到一个女人一瘸一拐地向我走来。 - 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.
我一瘸一拐地走开去寻找我丢失的鞋子。 - She hobbled painfully back to the hut.
她忍着痛跛行回到棚屋里。
- He hobbled painfully across the road.
- [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.
马的后腿已经跛了。
- The horse’s hind legs had been hobbled.
- [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.
我们的工作因涉及大量官僚机构而受到阻碍。
- Our work is hobbled by the amount of bureaucracy involved.
Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Dutch or Low German origin and related to Dutch hobbelen ‘rock from side to side’.