英[ˌstəʊn'wɔːl]美['stoʊn'wɔːl]
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这是一个复合词，由stone（石）和wall（壁，墙）合成，字面义为“石壁”，“石墙”。美国南北战争（1861-1865）时，南军著名将领Thomas Jonathan Jackson（1824-1863）在布尔溪畔战役（the Battle of Bull Run）中率所部一个旅的兵力，组成一道坚如石壁的防线，顶住了优势北军的进攻，赢得了Stonewall Jackson（石壁杰克逊）的绰号。stonewall通常多用于喻义，最初只被作为板球的一个术语，表示“防守挡击”，后来用于广义上的“妨碍行动”，和“设置障碍”。
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小知识
To stonewall is to deliberately hold something up or delay it, especially by refusing to cooperate or answer questions. A big company might stonewall when its workers try to negotiate for higher pay — and your parents might stonewall when you try to negotiate for a higher allowance.
A press secretary stonewalls when she avoids directly answering a reporter's pointed questions, and you stonewall when you change the subject rather than commit to visiting your grandma. The word stonewall was coined as a nickname for Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson, who was described as “standing like a stone wall” as the enemy approached. It was originally a noun, meaning “an act of obstruction.”