hobble

英 [ˈhɒbl]

美 [ˈhɑːbl]

v.  蹒跚; 跛行; 捆绑(马等的)两腿(以防其走失); 阻止; 妨碍
n.  跛行; 蹒跚;<口/方〉困境

过去式：hobbled　现在分词：hobbling　过去分词：hobbled　第三人称单数：hobbles　复数：hobbles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14802 / COCA.11703

牛津词典

verb

• 蹒跚；跛行
  to walk with difficulty, especially because your feet or legs hurt
  1. The old man hobbled across the road.
     老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。
• 捆绑（马等的）两腿（以防其走失）
  to tie together two legs of a horse or other animal in order to stop it from running away
• 阻止；妨碍
  to make it more difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen

柯林斯词典

• VERB 跛行;一瘸一拐地走
  If youhobble, you walk in an awkward way with small steps, for example because your foot is injured.
  1. He got up slowly and hobbled over to the coffee table...
     他慢慢地站起来，一瘸一拐地走到咖啡桌旁。
  2. The swelling had begun to go down, and he was able, with pain, to hobble.
     肿胀已经开始消退，他能忍着痛一瘸一拐地走了。
• VERB 妨碍;阻碍
  Tohobblesomething or someone means to make it more difficult for them to be successful or to achieve what they want.
  1. The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
     1,000万的贫困人口不仅给我们的社会抹黑，而且在这上面的支出也阻碍了我们的经济发展。

英英释义

noun

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
  Synonym:hitchlimp
• a shackle for the ankles or feet
  Synonym:fetter

verb

• 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
  1. hobble race horses
  Synonym:hopple
• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
  1. The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
  Synonym:limpgimphitch
• hamper the action or progress of
  1. The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean

双语例句

• ( I offered to leave on my own, but being a gentleman, he helped me hobble home and promptly never let me forget it.)
  （我跟他说我可以自己走，不过作为一个绅士，他还是帮我一瘸一拐的走回了家，然后让我对这件事永世不忘。）
• Today I was allowed to hobble into the dining hall in Christ Church to see Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland immortalized in the stained glass windows.
  今天，我被允许在教堂餐厅里参观了雕刻在彩色玻璃窗里的LewisCarroll的爱丽斯梦游仙境。
• Hobble out the horse not far from the cabin.
  用绳系住马腿任其在离小屋不远处溜达。
• That could hobble many of the technology-enabled trading processes that have resulted in tighter bid-ask spreads and greater liquidity in markets.
  这可能会阻碍许多由科技推动、促成市场买卖差价缩小而流动性增加的交易程序。
• Yet, foreign aid to Africa has remained essentially flat over the past two years and trade barriers that hobble African exports to wealthy countries have proved difficult to dismantle.
  但是，在过去的两年中，外国对非洲的援助基本保持在原有水平上，针对非洲出口的贸易壁垒很难消除。
• The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years 'Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
  那人听后振作了精神，果然，除夕时他可以一瘸一拐地去参加晚会了。
• But crumbling ports, railways and highways hobble exporters with needless costs and delays.
  但满目疮痍的港口、铁路和高速公路，却给出口商造成了不必要的成本和迟滞。
• Yunnan Province, with rich natural resources, is in education hobble because of ists unbalanced economic development.
  经济发展的非均衡态势使云南作为资源大省唯独教育资源处于劣势。
• At the same time, the value hobble of writers and the narrative diaphragm to the present country lead the elevation of integral creation connotation of local novels.
  同时，作家创作主体的价值困惑以及与当下农村的叙事隔膜导致了乡土小说整体创作意蕴的提升。
• The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
  1,000万的贫困人口不仅给我们的社会抹黑，而且在这上面的支出也阻碍了我们的经济发展。