单词	hobble
释义	hobblehob‧ble /ˈhɒbəl $ ˈhɑː-/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINhobble Origin: 1200-1300 Probably from Dutch or Low German Verb Table VERB TABLE hobble Simple Form Present I, you, we, they hobble he, she, it hobbles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they hobbled Present perfect I, you, we, they have hobbled he, she, it has hobbled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had hobbled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will hobble Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have hobbled Continuous Form Present I am hobbling he, she, it is hobbling you, we, they are hobbling Past I, he, she, it was hobbling you, we, they were hobbling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been hobbling he, she, it has been hobbling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been hobbling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be hobbling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been hobbling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A sprained toe hobbled Clemons for most of the week. Aunt Sophy hobbled slowly across the room on her crutches. Laurel hobbled out of the taxi on crutches. Mistakes can hobble a deal from the start. My knee was stiff and painful, and I could only hobble. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After practice I watch him walk painfully over to the bleachers, wrap up his knee and hobble out. Brave, she folded her parasol, hobbled off to the right, leaving the path. 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. Mr. Waddicar the caretaker was hobbling across the landing, like an old lollipop man frustrating traffic. Old men crossing the room, men with bread crumbs in their pockets, foreigners, hobbling. The nights were growing darker, the corridor was very long, and far down its length something was hobbling, hobbling. Thesaurus THESAURUSto 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. Longman Language Activatorto walk slowly because you are in pain or weak► hobble to walk with difficulty in a slow and unsteady way because it is painful for you to walk: · My knee was stiff and painful, and I could only hobble.hobble across/along/towards etc: · Aunt Sophy hobbled slowly across the room on her crutches. ► limp to walk with difficulty because you have hurt one of your legs: · I noticed that one of the horses was limping, and called for the vet.limp along/over/towards etc: · She limped painfully over to a chair and sat down. ► shuffle to walk slowly and noisily, without lifting your feet off the ground properly: shuffle along/towards/down etc: · Supporting herself on Ali's arm, the old woman shuffled towards the door.· I heard Bob shuffling around the kitchen in his slippers. ► shamble to walk slowly and rather awkwardly, bending forwards in a tired or lazy way: shamble along/past/out etc: · Looking tired and fat, Parker shambled onto the stage and started playing.· An old tramp shambled along, looking for money or cigarette ends on the floor. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► around · Swarf looked pleased and hobbled around the courtyard, laughing to himself.· He finally bowed to the inevitable after 61 minutes, when he was visibly hobbling around.· At 10 o'clock I hobbled around the kennels while the kennel girl watched Toby. ► off · The referee hobbled off with a pulled muscle.· Brave, she folded her parasol, hobbled off to the right, leaving the path.· Then his replacement, 34-year-old Cyrille Regis, hobbled off injured after 13 minutes.· Then they hobbled off home to wait for better days, in awe of the wonders of modern technology.· The 23-year-old was on as early as the eighth minute when Andy Myers hobbled off after taking a knock. 1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk with difficulty, especially because your legs or feet hurt → limp:  He hobbled into the room on crutches.► see thesaurus at walk2[transitive] to deliberately make sure that a plan, system etc cannot work successfully:  Many start-ups are hobbled by a lack of sufficient capital.GRAMMAR Hobble is usually passive in this meaning.3[transitive] to loosely fasten two of an animal’s legs together, to stop it from running away
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