stonewall

• vt.邪魔をする；妨げる；注意して遊ぶ
• vi.邪魔をする；妨げる；注意して遊ぶ

石、石、壁、壁

stonewall (n.)

also stone wall, Old English stanwalle; see stone (n.) + wall (n.). As nickname of Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson (1824-1863), bestowed 1861 on the occasion of the First Battle of Bull Run, supposedly by Gen. Bernard Bee, urging his brigade to rally around Jackson, who was "standing like a stone wall." Bee was killed in the battle; the account of the nickname appeared in Southern newspapers within four days of the battle.

On the face of it this account has no character of authenticity, and the words ascribed to Bee smack less of the battlefield than of the editorial sanctum. ... It seems inherently probable that something was said by somebody, during or immediately after the battle, that likened Jackson or his men or both to a stone wall. [R.M. Johnston, "Bull Run: Its Strategy and Tactics," Boston, 1913]

stonewall (v.)

"to obstruct," 1889 in sports; 1914 in politics, from metaphoric use of stone wall (n.) for "act of obstruction" (1876). Related: Stonewalled; stonewalling (defined in Century Dictionary as "parliamentary obstruction by talking against time, raising technical objections, etc.," and identified as originally Australian).

1. The gay and lesbian rights group， Stonewall ，sees outing as completely unhelpful.

同性愛者権益組織「石垣」は同性愛者の身元を公開することは何の役にも立たないと考えている。

2.He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals.

彼は今週、明確な回答を避け、最も温和な提案さえ阻止しようとした。

3.I want you to stonewall it，let them plead the Fifth Amendment（Richard M.Nixon）

私はあなたにそれを排斥して、彼らに5回目の修正（リチャードM.ニクソン）

4を要求させます。The defense claimsthat the prosecution and the labs they employ stonewall 'discovery requests.

弁舌者は、支配者と彼らが雇った実験室が弁舌者の発見要求を妨げていると主張した。