balk
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /bɔːk/|/bɔːlk/
美 /bɔk/|/bɔlk/
英文释义
名词 n.
-
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
— How fruitfull are the ſeeming Barren places of Scripture. Bad Plow-men, which make Balkes of ſuch Ground.
- A small brass ornament fixed at the top of a wand.
- The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
-
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
— , "Concealment of Sin" a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- An omission.
- A deceptive motion.; An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- A deceptive motion.; A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
动词 v.
-
To be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or do or allow something, either in general or only temporarily.
— balked at paying a day's wages for a pencil; he said he would buy her one, but when he saw the price, he balked
-
To stop short and refuse to go on or do something (such as jump).
— The horse balked.
-
To move fitfully, stopping frequently.
— The horses balked up the canyon, / But we made it with half a load. / Got to the top with panniers. / Went back for the bedding stowed.
-
To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.
— But so well halt no man the plough, / That he ne balketh other while
-
To stop, check, block (by or as if by an obstacle); to hinder, impede, thwart.
— My Sport is always balkt, or cut short — I stumble over the Game me I would pursue —
-
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
— Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights, / Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see.
-
To pass over or by (either by chance or intentionally); to avoid in passing.
— Jericho was in his way from Galilee to Jerusalem: he baulks it not, though it were outwardly cursed.
-
To pass over or by (either by chance or intentionally); to avoid in passing.; To omit, miss, or overlook by chance, error, or inadvertance.
— […] you cannot baulk your Road without the hazard of drowning
-
To pass over or by (either by chance or intentionally); to avoid in passing.; To miss intentionally; to avoid, ignore, or shun.
— Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
-
To refuse or fail to use (something), either through error or intentionally.; To refuse (something).
— And balke your bed for shame.
-
To refuse or fail to use (something), either through error or intentionally.; To let (something) slip; to fail to use or seize or keep (something).
— to balk an opportunity
-
To disappoint, frustrate, or check.
— to balk expectation
-
To quibble or bandy words with; engage in opposing, contradicting, or arguing with.
— Her list in strifull termes with him to balke
-
To make a balk, a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
— The best advice you can receive regarding balking is to always maintain poise and composure on the mound.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).
词源 2
From Middle English balok, ballok (“knob”), from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”). Doublet of ballock and bollocks.
0 次浏览
数据来源: Wiktionary