及物动词

1. He was balked in his attempt.
他的企图遭到了挫折。

不及物动词

1. My horse jumped across the deep ravine, but all the others balked.
我的马跃过深谷，但其余的马都突然停止不动。

2. Many people balked at this danger.
许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。

名词

1. That was a balk to us.
那对我们是个挫折。

1. (棒球)投手犯规：pick-off (投手)牵制跑垒员的传球 | balk (棒球)投手犯规 | put-out 接杀

2. 动作失败：behindward spinning dive 向后旋转跳水 | balk 动作失败 | belly flop 跳水时腹部先落水

3. 发球时一方扰乱对方：badminton 羽毛球运动 | balk 发球时一方扰乱对方 | band 网顶白布条

4. balk：bk; 犯规

1. 畏缩；回避
If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.

e.g. Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments...
面对动物实验，哪怕是生物专业的大学生也会畏缩。
e.g. Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit.
去年10月，由于对2,400万美元的利润变成了2,000万的亏损感到担心，这家银行畏缩了。

noun

1. an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base

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

Synonym: rafterbaulk

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

Synonym: hindrancehinderancedeterrentimpedimentbaulkcheckhandicap

4. the area on a billiard table behind the balkline

e.g. a player with ball in hand must play from the balk

Synonym: baulk