hobble 的 3 个定义
hob·bled, hob·bling.
- to walk lamely; limp.
- to proceed irregularly and haltingly: His verses hobble with their faulty meters.
hob·bled, hob·bling.
- to cause to limp: His tight shoes hobbled him.
- to fasten together the legs of by short lengths of rope to prevent free motion.
- to impede; hamper the progress of.
- an act of hobbling; an uneven, halting gait; a limp.
- a rope, strap, etc., used to hobble an animal.
- hobbles, a leg harness for controlling the gait of a pacer.
- Archaic. an awkward or difficult situation.
hobble 近义词
limp
cripple, restrict
更多hobble例句
- This, more than any one scandal, is likely to hobble the party for the next few election cycles.
- A few days before, she had managed to stand and hobble around the ward.
- Hardly able to hobble into the room on his bruised and engorged feet, he sported black eyes.
- Just the distraction that this kind of case creates can hobble even the most successful, well-run company.
- When the flames began to bite on one side he could hobble around the post to the opposite side.
- A little longer let me live, I pray—A little longer hobble round thy door.
- You get us into a precious hobble through sheer wanton foolery, and then you expect me to like it.
- You know about as much of a motor boat as a pig knows of the hobble skirt.
- Our people when they are in a hobble always like to employ him, though he is somewhat dear.