vi. 蹒跚

vt. 使跛行, 阻碍

n. 跛行

Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. 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.