資料來源 : pyDict

蹣跚使跛行,阻礙跛行

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hobble \Hob"ble\, n. 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.

            The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden.

   2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in
      writing. --Prior.

            The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
                                                  --Jeffreys.

Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. t.
   1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. `` They
      hobbled their horses.'' --Dickens

   2. To perplex; to embarrass.

Hobble \Hob"ble\, n.
   1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in
      his gait. --Swift.

   2. Same as {Hopple}.

   3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. --Waterton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

hobble
     v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old
          woman hobbles down to the store every day" [syn: {limp},
           {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 like-sided legs moving in
        unison; "hobble race horses" [syn: {hopple}]

hobble
     n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: {fetter}]
     2: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
        leg [syn: {hitch}, {limp}]