baulk

verb

1. 畏缩；回避
   to be unwilling to do sth or become involved in sth because it is difficult, dangerous, etc.
   1. Many parents may baulk at the idea of paying $100 for a pair of shoes.
      许多做父母的可能不愿出100块钱买一双鞋。
2. 逡巡不前；突然拒绝前行（如跳越障碍物等）
   to stop suddenly and refuse to jump a fence, etc.
3. 阻止；阻碍
   to prevent sb from getting sth or doing sth
   1. She looked like a lion baulked of its prey.
      她看上去像一头被夺走了猎物的狮子。

1. → see: balk

1. Baulk: A false start to a dive, i.e.a restart.
   动作失误：一次跳水起始动作错误，又开始重做。
2. Place the cue ball on the brown spot and attempt to hit it along the baulk line.
   把主球放在棕球置点上，试着使其在被击打后沿着发球线滚动。
3. Thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant. The builder shored up the wall with a thick baulk of wood.
   一种芹菜的可食用的粗厚块根。
4. The beam was screwed down to the cross bar. The builder shored up the wall with a thick baulk of wood.
   横梁已用螺丝柠在垮木上。
5. If you hit it in the centre, not only will the cue ball travel straight along the baulk line to the cushion, but it will also return along the baulk line after hitting the cushion.
   如果你能击中球心，主球不但可以沿着发球线径直滚向台岸，还会在撞到台岸后沿着发球线滚回来。
6. Wheaton is not one to baulk at barriers, however.
   不过，惠顿不是一个轻易却步的人。
7. For the first time the campaign began to catch fire. Baulk: A false start to a dive, i.e.a restart.
   这场运动从现在起才开始沸腾起来了。动作失误：一次跳水起始动作错误，又开始重做。
8. The administration does not baulk at such a prospect.
   管理部门对这样的前景并不回避。
9. If hybrid cars are any indication, many consumers will baulk at electric cars 'high initial price.
   如果混合动力车暗示了什么的话，那就是电动车高昂的初始售价令许多消费者望而却步。
10. Many parents may baulk at the idea of paying$ 100 for a pair of shoes.
    许多作父母的可能不愿出100块钱买一双鞋。
11. Voters would baulk if either candidate made such a proposal.
    如果任意一个候选人有这样一个提议，投票人就会犹豫不决了。
12. Urbane young Shanghaiers seem to baulk at the thought of breaking a sweat-not just due to a strange revulsion for discomfort, but because they tend to view it as a wholly alien concept.
    彬彬有礼的上海年轻人似乎对流汗非常抵触&并不仅仅出于厌恶（锻炼所带来的）身体不适，而是他们通常认为这完全是一种格格不入的观念。

noun

1. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

   Synonym:    rafterbalk

2. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

   Synonym:    hindrancehinderancedeterrentimpedimentbalkcheckhandicap

3. the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
   1. a player with ball in hand must play from the balk

   Synonym:    balk

verb

1. refuse to comply

   Synonym:    resistbalkjib