English Dictionary

blackball

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈblækbɔːl/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone. / (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote. / (countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.

日本語の意味

入会拒否・否決のための投票、拒絶を意味する（例えば会員の選考における否決票） / 否決を示すための黒い投票球 / 大型の黒い飴（キャンディ）

After the committee vote, he was surprised to learn he had received a blackball that kept him out of the organization.

委員会の投票の後、彼は組織に入れないようにする入会拒否を受けていたことを知って驚いた。

意味（1）

(countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.

意味（2）

(countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.

Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.

意味（3）

(countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.

意味（4）

A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.

意味（5）

(uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.

blackballs （ plural ）