名詞 balk:

1. the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
   同義詞：baulk
2. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
   同義詞：hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, baulk, check, handicap
3. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
   同義詞：rafter, baulk
4. an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base

動詞 balk:

1. refuse to comply
   同義詞：resist, baulk, jib

1. I don't think it is correct of you to say that America is a balk to world peace.
   我認為你說美國是世界和平的障礙是不對的。
2. He balked me to carry out my plan.
   他阻止我實施我的計劃。
3. We are balked to do what we want to do.
   有人阻止我們去做我們想做的事情。
4. The high price is a balk to me.
   對我來說，價格太高是一個障礙。

balk 也作 baulk

v.（動詞）
balked 也作 baulked balk.ing baulk.ing balks baulks
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To stop short and refuse to go on:
突然停止并拒絕前進：
例句：
The horse balked at the jump.
這匹馬突然停下來不前進

To refuse obstinately or abruptly:
拒絕：固執(zhí)地或突然地拒絕：
例句：
She balked at the very idea of compromise.
她固執(zhí)地拒絕妥協(xié)的想法

Sports To make an incomplete or misleading motion.
【體育運動】 做假動作：做不完全或誤導的動作
Baseball To make an illegal motion before pitching, allowing one or more base runners to advance one base.
【棒球】 做犯規(guī)的假動作：在投球之前做出非法動作，使得一個或多個跑壘員前進一個壘位
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To put obstacles in the way of; check or thwart.See Synonyms at frustrate
阻礙，阻撓：在路上放障礙物；阻礙或使受挫參見 frustrate
Archaic To let go by; miss.
【古語】 放過；失去
n.（名詞）
A hindrance, check, or defeat.
障礙、阻礙或挫折
Sports An incomplete or misleading motion, especially an illegal move made by a baseball pitcher.
【體育運動】 非法假動作：不完全的或誤導的動作，尤指棒球投手做出的非法動作
Games One of the spaces between the cushion and the balk line on a billiard table.
【游戲】 開球區(qū)：臺球桌的橡皮邊和阻礙線之間的空間之一

An unplowed strip of land.
未犁之地：土地的未耕帶
A ridge between furrows.
壟：溝與溝之間的壟
A wooden beam or rafter.
橫梁：木頭梁或椽子

來源：
Middle English balken [to plow up in ridges]
中古英語 balken [耕犁出壟]
from balk [ridge]
源自 balk [壟]
from Old English balca
源自 古英語 balca
and from Old Norse balkr [beam]
并源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 balkr [橫梁]

【引伸】
balk.er
n.（名詞）