hobbled
[ˈhɔbəld]

v.

跛行，蹒跚，一瘸一拐地走( hobble的过去式和过去分词 )；捆缚（马等）之两腿（以防走失）；

英英释义

hobble[ 'hɔbl ]

• n.
  • a shackle for the ankles or feet

    同义词：fetter

  • the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

    同义词：hitchlimp

• v.
  • walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

    "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

    同义词：limpgimphitch

  • hamper the action or progress of

    "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"

  • 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

    "hobble race horses"

    同义词：hopple

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. This may hobble the bull in the future.
   这些可能会使得这头牛在未来步履蹒跚。
2. The old man hobbled along (the road) with the aid of his stick.
   那老汉拄著拐杖一瘸一拐地走著。
3. I hurt my foot,and had to hobble home.
   我的脚受了伤，只好一拐一拐地走回家。

权威例句

The hobbled giant :
The Hobbled Giant: Essays on the World Bank
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Bound Feet, Hobbled Lives: Women in Old China
Emissions Trading: Why Is This Thoroughbred Hobbled
Kenya's hobbled democracy revisited. The 1997 general elections in retrospect and prospect
Not so lame after all: kinesin still walks with a hobbled head
Lack of size selectivity for paddlefish captured in hobbled gillnets
State fiscal institutions and empty-nest migration: Are Tiebout voters hobbled?
Neoliberalism, the production of vulnerability and the hobbled state: Systemic barriers to climate adaptation