hurple

发音

UK /ˈhɜː.pəl/

词形变化

hurples 复数 hurples hurpled hurples 三单 hurpling hurpling 现在分词 hurpled 过去式 hurpled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An impediment similar to a limp.

    苏格兰

    After he sprained his ankle, he walked away with a hurple.

v.
  1. 1.

    To shrug up the neck and creep along the streets with a shivering sensation of cold, as an ill-clad person may do on a winter's morning.

    Goas hurpling abart fit to give a body t'dithers to luke at him! - The Dialect of Leeds, 1862

词源

A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Scots hirple (“to limp”) or Dutch hurken (“to squat”), plus the suffix -le.

来源：wiktionary