hobbled
past simple and past participle ofhobble
| 单词 | hobbled |
| 释义 | hobbled past simple and past participle ofhobble hobble verb uk/ˈhɒb.əl/us/ˈhɑː.bəl/hobbleverb(WALK)[Iusually+ adv/prep] towalkin anawkwardway, usually because thefeetorlegsareinjured: The lasttimeIsawRachel she was hobbling around with astick. Some of therunnerscould onlymanageto hobble over thefinishingline. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
hobbleverb(LIMIT)[T] tolimitsomething orcontrolthefreedomof someone: Alonglistofamendmentshave hobbled the newlegislation. [T]literary If you hobble ananimal,especiallyahorse, youtietwo ofitslegstogether so that it cannotrunaway. Limiting and restricting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fastening and tying Examplesofhobbledhobbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The legislature washobbledby the near-monopoly of seats enjoyed by the ruling coalition before the 1996 elections. From theCambridge English Corpus Although our protagonist ishobbledby certain uncontrollable constraints (like the botanist), he is just as likely to wave away other problems that present themselves. From theCambridge English Corpus All too often, interpreters of culture arehobbledby the formidable mystique of music as a foreign language, of the score as hieroglyph, of musical form as technical and esoteric. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, we readily appreciate how badlyhobbledwe'd be as agents and inquirers if we stuck to the narrowest interpretation of reasons to believe. From theCambridge English Corpus Alas, he is bitted and bridled andhobbledand haltered till he can hardly move. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember one old woman who had bunions, and whohobbled, and for whom life was sheer misery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If wehobbleda company by preventing it from working hard, we would deprive factories of the ability to compete worldwide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I most strongly believe that sohobbledand emaciated a version would very soon provoke demands for something more complete and more interesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it can be said that they arehobbledwhen we see how many of them are now operating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the use of allowing them to enter into a sphere of operations completelyhobbled? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We find these effortshobbledby institutional inertia that mistakes motion for progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Together, somehow, wehobbledround into the compartment where another porter came to help us sit down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are damaged orhobbled, services will suffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I may behobbledby the difficulty of being what he calls a criminal lawyer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Furthermore, by the institution of these proceedings the union ishobbledfrom taking the proposed action by the spectre of contempt and sequestration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
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