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hobble 音標拼音: [h'ɑbəl] vi. 蹣跚
vt. 使跛行,阻礙
n. 跛行 蹣跚使跛行,阻礙跛行 hobble n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [ synonym: { fetter}, { hobble}] 2: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg [ synonym: { hitch}, { hobble}, { limp}] v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; " The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" [ synonym: { limp}, { gimp}, { hobble}, { hitch}] 2: hamper the action or progress of; " The chairman was hobbled by the all- powerful dean" 3: 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" [ synonym: { hopple}, { hobble}] Hobble \ Hob" ble\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Hobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Hobbling}.] [ OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See { Hop} to jump, and cf. { Hopple} ] 1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. [ 1913 Webster] The friar was hobbling the same way too. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] The hobbling versification, the mean diction. -- Jeffreys. [ 1913 Webster]
Hobble \ Hob" ble\, v. t. 1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." -- Dickens [ 1913 Webster] 2. To perplex; to embarrass. [ 1913 Webster]
Hobble \ Hob" ble\, n. 1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Same as { Hopple}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. -- Waterton. [ 1913 Webster] 234 Moby Thesaurus words for " hobble": amble, anchor, andante, barge, bind, bowl along, bridle, bundle, burden, castrate, chain, claudicate, claudication, clog, clump, clutch, complication, cramp, crawl, creep, cripple, crunch, cumber, curb, dead march, deflate, disable, disarm, dodder, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, droop, emasculate, embarrass, embarrassing position, embarrassment, enchain, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, falter, fasten, fetter, fine how- do- you- do, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, funeral march, gag, gait, gallop, go dead slow, go slow, gyve, halt, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handicap, hell to pay, hinder, hippety- hop, hitch, hog- tie, hop, hopple, hot water, how- do- you- do, idle, imbroglio, impede, incapacitate, inch, inch along, involve, jam, jog, jog trot, jog- trot, jolt, jump, knock out, lame, lash, laze, leash, leisurely gait, lime, limp, lock step, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, maim, make fast, manacle, mess, mince, mincing steps, mix, moor, morass, mosey, muzzle, net, pace, paddle, paralyze, parlous straits, pass, peg, peg down, piaffe, piaffer, picket, pickle, pin down, pinch, pinion, plight, plod, poke, poke along, prance, predicament, press down, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, prostrate, put in irons, quagmire, quicksand, rack, reel, restrain, restrict, roll, rope, saddle with, sashay, saunter, scrape, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, secure, shackle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, silence, single- foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slough, slow march, slow motion, slowness, snarl, spot, squeeze, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step, stew, sticky wicket, stomp, straddle, straggle, strait, straitjacket, straits, strangle, strap, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stumble, stump, swagger, swamp, swing, tangle, tether, throttle, tie, tie down, tie up, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tittup, toddle, toddle along, toil, totter, totter along, traipse, trammel, tread, tricky spot, trip, trot, trudge, truss up, unholy mess, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, weave, weigh down, wiggle, wing, wobble, worm, worm along
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