Word
blackball
/ˈblækbɒːl/
noun
反对票；否决票
a vote against admitting someone; rejection
- 1.
A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
拒绝；反对接纳某人的投票
- 2.
A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
用于表示否决票的黑球
- 3.
A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
一种大型黑色糖果,黑色的硬糖
- 4.
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
用于擦亮鞋靴或制作雕刻作品印模的物质
- 5.
A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
一种游戏,英式八球的标准化版本
（投票用的）黑球；黑球台球（英式八球）；黑色球形硬糖；黑球糖；黑鞋油；拓印油墨；拒绝；反对接纳某人的投票
In use
He was blackballed from the club for being late.
The committee blackballed his application.
She tried to blackball the new member, but it didn't work.
Connections
Word family
- blackballs
- plural, third person singular
- blackballed
- past, past participle
- blackballing
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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