( <主美> 亦作balk)
no obj.
1- hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking犹豫, 畏缩：
he baulked at such a drastic solution.
他面对这样一个激进的解决方案犹豫不决。
1.1
- with obj. thwart or hinder (a plan or person)阻碍, 妨碍（计划, 人）：
he raised every objection he could to baulk this plan.
他竭力反对以阻碍这个计划。
1.2
- with obj.
baulk someone of
prevent a person or animal from having (something)阻止（人, 动物）拥有（某物）： a tiger baulked of its prey.
一只受困无法猎食的老虎。
1.3
- with obj. archaic miss or refuse (a chance or invitation)〈古〉错过; 拒绝（机会, 邀请）。
1.4
- (with reference to a horse) refuse or cause to refuse to go on（马）突然拒绝前行, 逡巡不前。
1
- a roughly squared timber beam梁木, 粗枋。
2
- the area on a billiard table between the baulk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from direct stroke（台球）台盘限制区。
3
- Baseball an illegal action made by a pitcher that may deceive a base-runner【棒球】违例佯投动作。
4
- a ridge left unploughed between furrows（畦间隆起的）埂; （犁沟间的）埂。
词源
late Old English balc, from Old Norse bálkr 'partition'. The original use was 'unploughed ridge'， later 'land left unploughed by mistake'， hence 'blunder， omission'， giving rise to the verb use 'miss (a chance)'. A late Middle English sense'obstacle' gave rise to the verb senses 'hesitate' and 'hinder'.