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  • n.大方木料; v. ( 因困难等) 不愿从事某事
  • [英] n.大方木料 ( thick, roughly-squared wooden beam) ; v. ( 因困难等) 不愿从事某事 ( be reluctant to tackle sth because it is difficult)
  • [类] 反义词: move ahead willingly ( 自愿前进)

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

kI. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English balke, from Old English balca; akin to Old High German balko beam, Latin fulcire to prop, Greek phalanx log, phalanx
  • Date: before 12th century
  • 1. a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness
  • 2. beam, rafter
  • 3. hindrance, check
  • 4.
    • a. the space behind the balkline on a billiard table
    • b. any of the outside divisions made by the balklines
  • 5. failure of a player to complete a motion; especially an illegal motion of the pitcher in baseball while in position

II. verb

  • Date: 15th century
  • transitive verb
    • 1. archaic to pass over or by
    • 2. to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle ; block
  • intransitive verb
    • 1. to stop short and refuse to proceed
    • 2. to refuse abruptly — used with at<Congress balked at putting up the money — Thomas Fleming>
    • 3. to commit a balk in sports
  • Synonyms: see frustrate
  • ? balker noun


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