hamble

[地名] [英国] 汉布尔

词形变化

hambled hambles 三单 hambles hambling hambling 现在分词 hambled 过去式 hambled 过去分词

别名

hammel hamel hammle

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To walk lame; limp.

    不及物

词源

From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel (“wether”).

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