baulk

英 [bɔːk] 美 [bɔːk]

• n. 障碍；梁木；突然停止
• v. 阻止；突然停止；拒绝
• =balk<美>

英英释义

Noun:

1. the area on a billiard table behind the balkline;

   "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
   

2. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

3. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

Verb:

1. refuse to comply

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The builder shored up the wall with a thick baulk of wood.
   建筑者用主根粗木梁把墙支住。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Many parents may baulk at the idea of paying $100 for a pair of shoes.
   许多作父母的可能不愿出100块钱买一双鞋。

经典引文

• This was a balk to them and put a damp to their new projects.

  出自： Defoe

• The balk, the disappointment, is felt as a promise that has been broken.

  出自： D. Lessing

• This was look'd for at your hand, and this was baulk'd.

  出自：Twelfth Night , Shakespeare

• I never..balked an invitation out to dinner.

  出自： S. Johnson

• It's got to be done, so why balk it?

  出自： D. H. Lawrence

词汇搭配

• baulk net 一种插网

近反义词

【近义词】

• balk 阻止
• draw back 撒回
• hesitate 犹豫
• pull back 拉回
• pull up short 突然停住
• recoil 退却
• rein in 严加控制
• stop short 中途停下
• hindrance 起妨碍作用的事物或人...
• rafter 椽
• hinderance 阻碍
• jib 船首三角帆
• deterrent 威慑的
• check 检查
• resist 抵制
• handicap 障碍
• impediment 障碍