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单词 balky
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balkybal‧ky /ˈbɔːki $ ˈbɒː-/ adjective especially American English informal Examples
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  • Brown had been hobbled since training camp with a balky left knee that caused him pain from the second day of practice.
  • Dial-up connections were an afterthought, which is one of the reasons they tend to be so balky to use today.
  • For one thing, the air conditioner in my hotel room is a bit balky.
  • The balky elevator has delivered the jumpers to a tiny platform contained within the tower.
  • The engram bank may be balky but enough asking will bring forth any data in it sooner or later.
  • The heat is balky in the winter.
  • The theory is that his balky digestion -- gummed up by too much fruit -- will now return to normal.
  • The Toyota was sluggish and balky.
someone or something that is balky does not do what they are expected to do:  a balky air-conditioning system
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