| 单词 | stymie |
| 释义 | stymie (once / 8921 pages) vn The verb stymie means to obstruct or hinder. Constantly texting with your friends will stymie your effort to finish your homework. Stymie was first used on the golf course in Scotland, where it referred to an opponent's ball blocking your own ball’s path to the cup. From there a verb sense developed, until finally stymie came to mean blocking with any obstacle, not just a golf ball. WORD FAMILYstymie: stymied USAGE EXAMPLESCurators were stymied as to the best way to present them - or whether they even belonged in a California history museum. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The digital divide looms as a personal catastrophe as you watch him being shown the basics but finding himself stymied by every small misstep. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) The group was flummoxed by the mass exodus of Syrians to Europe last summer, and stymied by the warm welcome they initially received in Germany. Time(Dec 22, 2016) 1v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of Syn|Hypo|Hyper block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymy stonewall obstruct or hinder any discussion filibusterobstruct deliberately by delaying checkblock or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hangprevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneckslow down or impede by creating an obstruction forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible 2n a thwarting and distressing situation Syn|Hyper stymy obstacle, obstruction something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted 3n a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole Syn|Hyper stymy position, situation a condition or position in which you find yourself |
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