blackball

n. 反对票, 黑球 vt. 投票反对, 排斥

发音

UK /ˈblækbɔːl/
US /ˈblækbɑl/

词形变化

blackballs 复数 blackballs blackballed blackballing blackballs 三单 blackballing 现在分词 blackballed 过去式 blackballed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.

    可数 不可数

    Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.

  3. 3.

    A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.

    不可数 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.

    及物

    If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.

  2. 2.

    To ostracize.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

barring

上位词 4

riddance expulsion exclusion ejection
动词

同义词 8

negative ban shun banish veto cast out ostracise ostracize

上位词 6

oppose expel contradict kick out throw out controvert

下位词 5

kill defeat shoot down vote down vote out

词源

From black + ball.

来源：wiktionary