单词 | balked |
释义 | balkedadj.ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged ridged1324 rigged1545 crested1578 ribbed1583 ridgy1591 balked1597 ribby1706 rippleda1729 ridging1819 welted1899 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 485 Streaked or balked as it were with sundrie stiffe streakes or ribbes running along euery leafe. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > accumulated > heaping > heaped or piled upheapedc1380 heapedc1440 coppeda1552 piled1595 balked1598 up-piled1600 coacervate1626 castellated1780 piled-up1791 castellate1830 banked1838 coacervated1841 pyramided1866 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 69 Two and twenty knights Balkt in their own bloud. Did sir Walter see. 3. Checked, foiled; disappointed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > of purpose: frustrated frustrate1447 discomfited1538 discomfishedc1540 frustrateda1643 balked1704 thwarted1828 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted forbeft1487 prevented1568 frustrate1588 crossed1621 frustrateda1643 baffleda1658 nonsuit1679 balked1704 thwarted1828 1704 R. Steele Tender Husband i. v I came up to be married, I don't care to go down and look baulk'd. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxv. 314 Pang of balked affection. 4. U.S. In baseball: (see balk n.1 5b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > foul or error balked1867 1867 [see balk n.1 5b]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1597 |
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