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balk

C2 verb

balk /bɔk/ nghĩa là ngần ngại, do dự

Các nghĩa

  1. ngần ngại, do dự

    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

  2. chùn bước, dừng lại

    To stop short and refuse to go on or do something (such as jump).

    especially

    The horse balked.

    "Her horse balked at the jump and threw her," said Michael.

    I’ve seen cattle that were handled in two identical facilities easily walk through one and balk in the other.

  3. đi ngập ngừng, hay dừng lại

    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.

    […] balked up the hills, then careened and slid on the downside, threatening to overturn.

  4. để lại luống đất chưa cày

    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

    […] balking up the field.

    […] balking up the rows and running the water down from the balks;

  5. cản trở, ngăn chặn

    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 —

    […] the sturdy cavalier was not to be balked in his purpose; […]

    Balked for the second time, the passion of his grief had found another outlet, was transformed into a passion of agonized rage.

  6. làm thất vọng, làm hỏng

    To disappoint, frustrate, or check.

    to balk expectation

    Nor doth it balk my charity, to find Th' Egyptian bishop of another mind:

    […] balk yourself of the pleasure of bullying and making her unhappy.

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  1. giả vờ, đánh lừa (trong thể thao)

    To make a balk, a deceptive motion to deceive another player.

    intransitive

    The best advice you can receive regarding balking is to always maintain poise and composure on the mound.

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