| 词汇 | hobbling |
| 释义 | hobbling present participle ofhobble hobble verb uk /ˈhɒb.əl/ us /ˈhɑː.bəl/ hobbleverb (WALK)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to walk in an awkward way, usually because the feet or legs are injured: 一瘸一拐地行走，跛行 The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick.上次我见到雷切尔的时候，她拄着拐杖一瘸一拐的。 Some of the runners could only manage to hobble over the finishing line.有些赛跑者只是勉强蹒跚着支撑到终点。 to walk in a way that is not controlled or even stumbleHe was stumbling around the house like he was drunk. lumberWe held our breath as a black bear lumbered across the hiking trail ahead of us. galumphThe children galumphed down the steps and raced outside to play. bumbleHe bumbled into her and spilled her drink down her gown. falterThe dancer faltered right before the jump and landed awkwardly. totterHe tottered carefully down the gangplank, clutching at the railing. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily lurch reel squeeze toddle toil totter tottering totteringly tumble hobbleverb (LIMIT)[ T ] to limit something or control the freedom of someone: 约束，限制 A long list of amendments have hobbled the new legislation.一长串修正案限制了这项新立法。 [ T ]literary If you hobble an animal, especially a horse, you tie two of its legs together so that it cannot run away.捆缚（动物，尤指马等的）两条腿 Limiting and restricting anti-libertarian armlock boundary box someone out box someone/something in crippling cripplingly crowd curb curtail keep (herself) to herselfidiom keep something down limit limitation limitative stunt suffocatingly tempered tie someone down tie someone up You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fastening and tying Examples of hobblinghobbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Far from hobbling the comedy, this piece of business was instantly hailed by his fellow actors as a hoot and adopted. They may be helping a lame dog over a stile, but at the same time they are hobbling a sound dog. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like urging a horse to gallop whilst hobbling it at the same time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are clearly not vast numbers of wounded foxes hobbling around the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a deliberate hobbling of the trade union movement and a deliberate destruction of the trade unions' ability to act. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They succeeded in hobbling the trade union movement to a point where opposition is virtually nil, and yet what have they done? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not a scandalous thing to see a wounded soldier hobbling along on two crutches and struggling with a kit of 8o lbs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot urge a horse to gallop while hobbling it at the same time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The single market is hobbling badly - and it hurts to watch it - because its fourth leg, the freedom of movement of workers, is lame. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is, therefore, hobbling them and giving an unnatural advantage to the private company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a mistake to think that we are hobbling authorities because they are now private whereas they used to be public utilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has never had any compensation whatsoever, he has never even had a wooden leg, and ever since then he has been hobbling about on crutches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that they would find this very hobbling in terms of their ability to respond, because the time limit would be halved and could be seen as unreasonable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The name reportedly originated with a previous brewmaster of the brewery who possessed a hobbling gait. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Whoever is arrogant or shy continues with the hobbling-cord of his sickness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。