put a hobble on [animal]
hobble 作名词指绊索，通常系在动物腿上，使其无法跑远。
The farmer put a hobble on the horse to keep it from wandering off.
农夫给马套上绊索，防止它跑远。
绊索；马绊；系在未设围栏的马腿之间的短皮带,使马能在短距离内走动但无法跑远。；不稳、失去平衡的步伐。
系在未设围栏的马腿之间的短皮带,使马能在短距离内走动但无法跑远。
One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
不稳、失去平衡的步伐。
An unsteady, off-balance step.
After the accident, he walked with a noticeable hobble.
事故后，他走路时明显一瘸一拐。
用法提示：本句中 hobble 作名词，指跛行的状态。
The vet diagnosed the horse with a hobble in its left hind leg.
兽医诊断这匹马左后腿有跛行。
用法提示：本句中 hobble 作名词，指马的跛行症状。
His hobble worsened after running on the uneven trail.
在不平的小路上跑步后，他的跛行加重了。
用法提示：本句中 hobble 作名词，表示因运动导致的跛行。
hobble 作名词指绊索，通常系在动物腿上，使其无法跑远。
The farmer put a hobble on the horse to keep it from wandering off.
农夫给马套上绊索，防止它跑远。
此义指不稳定的步伐，相当于 limp，常与 walk 搭配。
After the long hike, she walked with a hobble.
长途徒步后，她走路一瘸一拐的。
与 hobble 的名词义最接近，通常因腿伤或疼痛导致行走不稳，常可互换。
grammar · medium
易错句子After the injury, he walked with hobble.
正确表达After the injury, he walked with a hobble.
hobble 作名词表示‘蹒跚、跛行’时可数，需加不定冠词 a；描述步态要用 with a hobble，不能直接用 hobble 作状语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The horse was tied with hobble.
正确表达The horse was tied with hobbles.
hobble 表示‘马绊’时指绑在马腿间的短绳，通常成对使用，需用复数 hobbles；若用单数 hobble 则语义不完整。
取名词义项“绊索（拴住马腿的短绳）”，反义词指不受羁绊的状态；若指“蹒跚”义项则无直接反义词。
wobble 指物体或身体左右摇晃、不稳定，而 hobble（名词）指因腿脚受缚或受伤而一瘸一拐的步态，语义更接近“跛行”。
stumble 指走路时被绊了一下、短暂失去平衡，而 hobble 指持续地跛行或受缚后行动不便。
shackle 通常指金属镣铐，用于锁住囚犯手脚；hobble 指拴在动物腿间的短绳，让牲口只能小范围活动。
马绊
The farmer used a horse hobble to keep the mare near the camp.
农夫用马绊让母马待在营地附近。
给……上绊索
We put hobbles on the mules before turning them out to graze.
我们给骡子上了绊索，才放它们出去吃草。
一瘸一拐地走
The old sailor walked with a hobble after his knee surgery.
那位老水手膝盖手术后走起路来一瘸一拐。
轻微的跛行
There was a slight hobble in her step as she left the doctor's office.
她离开医生办公室时，脚步有点轻微的跛行。
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