hirple

n. 跛行 v. 跛行

发音

UK /ˈhɜː.pəl/

词形变化

hirpled hirples 三单 hirples hirpling hirpling 现在分词 hirpled 过去式 hirpled 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.

    苏格兰 英国 不及物

词源

A word of unknown origin, first recorded in Scots sources from the late fifteenth century; but probably from Old Norse herpast (“to suffer from cramp”) the middle voice verb. Compare the Icelandic herpa (“to contract, to draw together”).

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