stymie

大学

n. (喻)困难的境地 vt. 使(球)处于困难的位置, 使为难, 使处困境, 妨碍, 阻挠, 阻碍

发音

US /ˈstaɪmi/
US /ˈstaɪmi/

词形变化

stymies 复数 stymies stymied stymieing stymies 三单 stymying stymieing 现在分词 stymying 现在分词 stymied 过去式 stymied 过去分词

别名

stimie stimy stymy

教材释义与例句

名词

妨碍球

动词

从中作梗，阻挠；妨碍

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).

    体育
  2. 2.

    An obstacle or obstruction.

    引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

    阻碍

    They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.

    If writing dates has you stymied at times, it is probably for one of two reasons. https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-write-dates/

  2. 2.

    To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

    体育

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

stymy

上位词 4

situation position obstacle obstruction
动词

同义词 6

block embarrass blockade hinder obstruct stymy

上位词 5

prevent forbid foreclose preclude forestall

下位词 5

check hang stonewall bottleneck filibuster

词源

From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime.

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