stymie英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
An obstacle or obstruction. broadly

— Mary, will you be mine? Shall we go round together? Will you fix up a match with me on the links of life which shall end only when the Grim Reaper lays us both a stymie?

动词 v.

To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

— They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

词形变化

stymies plural stimie alternative stimy alternative stymy alternative stymies present,singular,third-person stymieing participle,present stymying participle,present stymied participle,past stymied past stimie alternative stimy alternative stymy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

unstymied

词源

词源 1

From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime.

词源 2

From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime.