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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。
蹒跚；跛行
hobbles — plural of hobble
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蹒跚；跛行
An unsteady, off-balance step.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
After the injury, he walked with hobble.
Use this
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。
Not this
The horse was tied with hobble.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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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想象马腿被绊索(hobble)拴住，只能一瘸一拐地蹒跚(hobble)走——同一个词既指绊索也指蹒跚步态。
语域：neutral 常见场景：walking with an injured leg、describing an unsteady gait、narrative description of movement 这里的名词义指“蹒跚、不稳定的步伐”，多用于描述受伤、年老或疲惫的人走路的样子。该词在正式和非正式语境中都算自然，但作为名词不如动词常见，比较常见于叙述性文字。
这五个词都与 hobble 押韵：重读元音均为 /ɒ/，后面都是 /bəl/。注意形近词 noble /ˈnəʊbəl/ 和 symbol /ˈsɪmbəl/ 发音不同。
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