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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   balk

   • IPA[bô(l)k]

   美式

   • v.
     hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking；thwart or hinder (a plan or person)
   • n.
     an illegal motion made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner.；a roughly squared timber beam.

   • verb: baulk, 3rd person present: baulks, gerund or present participle: baulking, past tense: baulked, past participle: baulked

   • noun: baulk, plural noun: baulks

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking any gardener will at first balk at enclosing the garden 同義詞 eschew, resist, refuse to, be unwilling to, draw the line at, ... 更多be reluctant to, draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, shy from, recoil from, quail at, demur from, hesitate over, scruple to, take exception to, not like to, hate to, jib at, scorn, disdain反義詞 accept
   • ▪ thwart or hinder (a plan or person) the utmost of his influence will be invoked to balk the law 同義詞 impede, obstruct, thwart, hinder, prevent, ... 更多check, stop, curb, halt, bar, block, forestall, frustrate, stall, baffle, foil, defeat, beat, counteract, head off反義詞 assist
   • ▪ prevent a person or animal from having (something) the lions, fearing to be balked of their prey
   • ▪ (of a horse) refuse to go on.
   • ▪ archaic miss or refuse (a chance or invitation).
   • 2. (of a pitcher) make an illegal motion, penalized by an advance of the base runners the rookie balked and permitted Robinson to score

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an illegal motion made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner.
   • 2. a roughly squared timber beam.
   • 3. any area on a pool or billiard table in which play is restricted in some way.
   • 4. a ridge left unplowed between furrows.

   balk line

   • n.
     a transverse line marked on a billiard table, extending the diameter of the D to the sides of ...

   Oxford Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   balk

   • IPA[bɔː(l)k]

   英式

   • v.
     hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking: he balked at such a drastic solution
   • n.
     a roughly squared timber beam: a balk of timber

   Oxford Dictionary