Hobble
['hɒb(ə)l] or ['hɑbl]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) hamper the action or progress of; 'The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean'.
德洛丽丝整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n. i.) To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
(n. i.) To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
(v. t.) To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
(v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass.
(n.) An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
(n.) Same as Hopple.
(n.) Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
阿加莎手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Limp, halt, hop, walk lamely.
v. a. Fetter, hopple.
n. [1]. Limp, halt.[2]. Perplexity, embarrassment, difficulty, strait, pickle.
錄入:昆西
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Pursuit, whim, amusement, specialty, idiosyncrasy
ANT:Nuisance, horror, aversion, bugbear, scarecrow, incubus
安娜贝尔整理
解釋/意思:
v.i. to walk with a limp: to walk awkwardly: to move irregularly.—v.t. to fasten loosely the legs of: to hamper: to perplex.—n. an awkward limping gait: a difficulty a scrape: anything used to hamper the feet of an animal a clog or fetter.—ns. Hobb′ler one who hobbles: an unlicensed pilot casual labourer in docks &c.: a man who tows a canal-boat with a rope; Hobb′ling.—adv. Hobb′lingly.
整理:辛克莱
例句/造句/用法:
- We will hobble them. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I'm in a devil of a hobble, and you must help me out. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I have only hobbled those which are liable to panic, Pablo said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- And then quite suddenly it settled down, hobbled among the grass, and sat considering, its nose twitching like a bit of fluff in the wind. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I hobbled out to my own room, and hobbled back with that immortal book. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I hobbled off to my army of waiters downstairs. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It hobbled away from her. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- As they rounded the corner of the terrace, and came in sight, I hobbled out to warn them off. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The gate-keeper hobbled thudding over the logs of the crossing, with his wooden leg. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Yet, the spectacle of only one little mourner hobbling after, caused many people to turn their heads with a look of interest. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The warriors finally dismounted and hobbling their animals advanced toward us on foot with drawn long-swords. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- What would have happened next I cannot say, if Aunt March had not come hobbling in at this interesting minute. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- In a night-cap-- And hobbling with a couple of sticks! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Then Pablo stuffed three hobbles he had in his hand into a saddlebag, stood up and said, _Qu?tal_, woman? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Phil, with a look at his master, hobbles up, saying, Here's the guv'ner, Mrs. Bagnet! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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