单词 | stonewall |
释义 | stonewall From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstonewallstone‧wall /ˌstəʊnˈwɔːl $ ˌstoʊnˈwɒːl/ verb [intransitive]DELAYto delay a discussion, decision etc by talking a lot and refusing to answer questions→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusstonewall• His immediate response was to stonewall.• The overall government line was to stonewall international pressure for pollution curbs, pending more research.StonewallStonewalla British organization that works to improve the legal rights of homosexual men and women, and to persuade politicians to change any laws that treat homosexuals unfairly |
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