| 单词 | chalk |
| 释义 | Word Frequency chalk(tʃɔːk) noun 1. a soft fine-grained white sedimentary rock consisting of nearly pure calcium carbonate, containing minute fossil fragments of marine organisms, usually without a cementing material 2. a piece of chalk or a substance like chalk, often coloured, used for writing and drawing on a blackboard 3. a line, mark, etc made with chalk 4. billiards, snooker a small cube of prepared chalk or similar substance for rubbing the tip of a cue 5. British a score, tally, or record 6. as alike as chalk and cheese 7. by a long chalk 8. can't tell chalk from cheese 9. not by a long chalk 10. (modifier) made of chalk verb 11. to draw or mark (something) with chalk 12. (transitive) to mark, rub, or whiten with or as if with chalk 13. (intransitive) (of paint) to become chalky; powder 14. (transitive) to spread chalk on (land) as a fertilizer Derived forms chalklike (ˈchalkˌlike) adjective chalky (ˈchalky) adjective chalkiness (ˈchalkiness) noun Word origin Old English cealc, from Latin calx limestone, from Greek khalix pebble |
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