hobble
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hob·ble /ˈhɒbəl $ ˈhɑː-/ verb 1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]WALK to walk with difficulty, especially because your legs or feet hurt 跛行，一瘸一拐地走 → limp He hobbled into the room on crutches. 他拄着T形拐杖一瘸一拐地走入屋内。► see thesaurus at walk2 [transitive]FAIL to deliberately make sure that a plan, system etc cannot work successfully 妨碍〔计划、系统等的运作〕 Many start-ups are hobbled by a lack of sufficient capital. 很多新公司由于资金不足而陷入困境。n Grammar Hobble is usually passive in this meaning.3. [transitive]FASTEN/DO UP to loosely fasten two of an animal’s legs together, to stop it from running away 〔松松地〕捆缚〔动物〕的腿〔以防止其跑掉〕→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hobble• Old men crossing the room, men with bread crumbs in their pockets, foreigners, hobbling.• My knee was stiff and painful, and I could only hobble.• Mistakes can hobble a deal from the start.• Mr. Waddicar the caretaker was hobbling across the landing, like an old lollipop man frustrating traffic.• A sprained toe hobbled Clemons for most of the week.• The nights were growing darker, the corridor was very long, and far down its length something was hobbling, hobbling.• Brave, she folded her parasol, hobbled off to the right, leaving the path.• Laurel hobbled out of the taxi on crutches.• After practice I watch him walk painfully over to the bleachers, wrap up his knee and hobble out.• Aunt Sophy hobbled slowly across the room on her crutches.• He watched a young man hobbling up a trail, one foot torn away at the ankle.• I hobbled upstairs and lay on the floor to get my shorts off.• I was all too soon up and about, hobbling with a stick.Origin hobble (1200-1300) Probably from Dutch or Low Germanhob·ble verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
difficulty, or to feet because legs your walk Corpus with especially
hobble
hob‧ble /ˈhɒbəl $ ˈhɑː-/
verb
He hobbled into the room on crutches.
2. [transitive usually passive] to deliberately make sure that a plan, system etc cannot work successfully:
Many start-ups are hobbled by a lack of sufficient capital.
3. [transitive] to loosely fasten two of an animal’s legs together, to stop it from running away
■ to walk with difficulty
▪limp to walk with difficulty because one leg hurts, so that you put most of your weight on the other leg: Jake was limping because of the injury to his knee.
▪stagger to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling over, especially because you are drunk or have been injured: They finally staggered back to the hotel at 4 o'clock in the morning. | He hit her and she staggered and fell.
▪hobble to walk with difficulty in a slow and unsteady way because your legs or feet hurt or have been injured: My new shoes were so painful I could only hobble along. | She hobbled out to the car on crutches.
hob‧ble /ˈhɒbəl $ ˈhɑː-/
verb Date: 1200-1300
Origin: Probably from Dutch or Low German
1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk with difficulty, especially because your legs or feet hurt ⇨ limp:Origin: Probably from Dutch or Low German
2. [transitive usually passive] to deliberately make sure that a plan, system etc cannot work successfully:
3. [transitive] to loosely fasten two of an animal’s legs together, to stop it from running away
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