英语词汇“balky”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	balky
释义	▪ I. balky, a.\|ˈbɔːkɪ\| Also baulky. [f. balk n.¹ + -y¹.] Given to balking (as a horse); reluctant to proceed; contrary, perverse. 1847J. T. Hughes Doniphan's Exped. (1907) 14/1 The mules and other animals..often became refractory and balky.1856Olmsted Slave States 197 Advice how to cure a balky horse: ‘Sell him, my lord.’1857Quinland ii. xvi. II. 117 One of his horses is baulky, and he can't go any farther.1873W. S. Mayo Never Again xxiii. 291 Making a balky Crœsus step up to his collar.1897Kipling Capt. Cour. vii. 147 Young Olley's gittin' kinder baulky an' excited.1957Economist 21 Dec. 1052/2 When federal officials hoped to proceed to more substantial matters such as public housing and public assistance, the states turned balky. ▪ II. balky obs. form of bulky.
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