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单词 hobbler
释义

hobbler /hobˈlər/ (obsolete)

noun
  1. A person required to keep a hobby (horse) for military service
  2. A horseman employed for light work, such as reconnoitring, etc
  3. A horse
ORIGIN: OFr hobeler, from hobin a small horse

hobble /hobˈl/

intransitive verb
  1. To walk with short unsteady steps
  2. To walk awkwardly
  3. (of action, verse, speech, etc) to move irregularly
transitive verb
  1. To fasten the legs of (a horse) loosely together
  2. To hamper
  3. To perplex
noun
  1. An awkward hobbling gait
  2. A difficulty, a scrape (archaic)
  3. Anything used to hamper the feet of an animal, a clog or fetter
ORIGIN: Cf Du hobbelen, hobben to toss, and hopple

hobbˈler noun

  1. Someone who hobbles
  2. An unlicensed pilot, a casual labourer in docks, etc
  3. A man who tows a canal-boat with a rope

hobbˈling noun

hobbˈlingly adverb

hobbˈle-bush noun

The N American wayfaring tree (Viburnum alnifolium), a small shrub with white flowers and straggling branches that impede movement among them

hobble skirt noun

A narrow skirt that hampers walking

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