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 balky ['bɔkɪ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 停蹄不前的

  1. A balky switch; a balky engine.
    不易接通的开关;难以起动的发动机
  2. Kaleri didn't believe the sound was from balky equipment; rather it seemed to originate from outside.
    他认为那声音应该不是太空站机械运转不顺所引起,比较像是由太空站外部传来的。
  3. Torre also asserted that the long man was a necessity for postseason play in general, not because of Randy Johnson's balky back, which is keeping him out of the rotation as a precaution until the playoffs start next week.
    托瑞同时声称这个人在季后赛通常是不可或缺的,不是因为巨怪的背痛,直到下周的季后赛先发出赛之前,巨怪将会被排除在先发投手轮值之外。


balky
balkier, balkiest
[ adj ]
stopping short and refusing to go on
<adj.all>
a balkinga balky mule
a balky customer


Balky \Balk"y\ (b[add]k"[y^]), a.
Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.

  1. The Russians won't tell us what they want to do. They're not being secretive or balky; they just don't know.
  2. To get the package passed, executives told balky lawmakers that they would reconsider their own investments in the state if changes weren't forthcoming.
  3. For two years, balky buyers beat back most attempts to raise prices, but now many of the increases are sticking.
  4. Independence left aspiring African film producers with balky old equipment, where any was available at all, Ilboudo said.
  5. The cold weather and balky hydraulic systems slowed aircraft refueling at Anchorage International Airport.
  6. A three-day delay was announced Friday because of a hydrogen leak and a balky oxygen pump.
  7. "We are debating that right now," said Christine Lee, 23, a spokeswoman for the balky passengers. "There are 240 of us total, and the factions to leave and stay are about the same.
  8. Earlier Sunday, a two-part countdown resumed for the test-firing of Discovery's engines after engineers repaired a hydrogen leak and a balky oxygen pump.
  9. He recently prodded a balky New York Legislature to approve a strong code of ethics requiring, among other things, that legislators and other state officials make detailed disclosures of their finances.
  10. Five years ago: Astronaut Sally K. Ride, aboard the space shuttle Challenger, secured a balky antenna with the craft's robot arm.
  11. Instead, the agency delivered a balky, fragile craft that exploded in January 1986 and that, redesigned, only now is getting ready to fly again.
  12. Since taking office, Bush and his budget chief Darman have been urging Capitol Hill leaders to join in high-level budget talks to shortcut the balky congressional budget process.
  13. Columbia's astronauts got a balky observatory running Tuesday, but missed important targets and had to revert to manual operations when the star-tracking system failed to work automatically.
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