balky

基本解释

• adj.停蹄不前的；突然停止的；难以启动的；固执的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The camera has an LED flash, which helps at close range at night, but the camera itself is balky and slow to focus and fire.
  照相机有一个 LED 闪光灯，在夜晚照近距离相片时很有用，但是，照相机本身迟缓，对焦和拍照都比较慢。
• But the United States and its allies ran into the same problem the Iranians have grappled with: the P-1 is a balky, badly designed machine.
  但是美国及其盟友也遇到了让伊朗人棘手的同样问题：P-1是一种设计不良的顽劣机器。
• Whatever the demerits of microfilm as a storage medium (and it is notoriously balky, difficult stuff), at least it had a certain durability that the print article lacked.
  无论微缩胶片具有多少缺点（它是有名的倔强、不好使用的东西），最少它具有印刷品所缺乏的耐久性。

权威例句

• Balky Web browsing and even iTunes connections have highlighted the limitations of Edge.
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• As guests of the custom-tour organizer Shakti Himalaya, we are ensconced in the heart of village life but with plumbing, (occasional) hot water, and (balky) electricity.
  FORBES: Feature

词组短语

短语

• balky tractable 倔强的
• balky y 倔强的;停止不前的
• The Balky Mule 表演者
• balky - tractable 倔强的;温驯的
• A balky switch 难以起动的发动机

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.