英语词汇“chalk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	chalk
释义	Trends of chalk View usage for: chalk (tʃɔːk) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense chalks, present participle chalking, past tense, past participle chalked 1. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun] Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawingwith. ...the highest chalk cliffs in Britain. Her skin was chalk white and dry-looking. 2. uncountable noun Chalk is small sticks of chalk, or a substance similar to chalk, used for writing or drawing with. ...somebody writing with a piece of chalk. ...drawing a small picture with coloured chalks. 3. verb If you chalk something, you draw or write it using a piece of chalk. He chalked the message on the blackboard. [VERB noun] There was a blackboard with seven names chalked on it. [VERB-ed] 4. See as different as chalk and cheese 5. See by a long chalk Phrasal verbs: See chalk up chalk in British English (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 chalk in American English (tʃɔk) noun 1. a white, gray, or yellowish limestone that is soft, porous, and easily pulverized, composed almost entirely of calcite from minute sea shells 2. any substance like chalk in color, texture, etc. 3. a piece of chalk, often colored, used for drawing, writing on a blackboard, etc. 4. a mark or line made with chalk 5. British a score or tally, as in a game or as of credit given adjective 6. made or drawn with chalk 7. US, Horse Racing; Slang a. favored to win, place, or show b. betting on favorites only verb transitive 8. British to treat with chalk; lime or fertilize (soil) 9. to rub or smear with chalk; specif., to rub chalk on the tip of (a billiard cue) 10. to make pale 11. to write, draw, or mark with chalk verb intransitive 12. to become chalky or powdery, as a painted surface Idioms: chalk out chalk up not by a long chalk walk a chalk line Word origin ME < OE cealc < L calx, lime, limestone: see calcium More idioms containing chalk chalk and cheese by a long chalk Image of chalk © Ivaylo Ivanov, shutterstock Examples of 'chalk' in a sentence chalk Then fold again on your chalk line and press again. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They are chalk and cheese. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We are as different as chalk and cheese at home and away. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This is not over by a long chalk. The Sun (2014) You can chalk only some of this up to youthful enthusiasm. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Or draw a chalk line around your windows and doors to keep out ants and slugs. The Sun (2006) To an anorak they really are chalk and cheese. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The remains of former chalk quarries can be seen above the road on the north side. Perring, Franklyn A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage (1991) As people the two were chalk and cheese. Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003) The brilliant white chalk has served for generations as a canvas on which we project our national story. Times, Sunday Times (2012) They were chalk and cheese and any simmering dislike they may have had of each other blew up in that moment. The Sun (2013) That 2.5million is not our total bill by a long chalk. The Sun (2014) Not good enough, not by a long chalk. Times, Sunday Times (2012) To that end, he can chalk up this tie as a huge success. Times, Sunday Times (2010) No, not by a long chalk. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Not chalk and cheese as most double acts, but cheese and cheese. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But that is not good enough; not by a long chalk. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It's like comparing chalk with cheese. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It's going to be very hard measuring chalk against cheese. Times, Sunday Times (2011) First, the people involved are chalk and cheese. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Recent rises make only a small dent in the losses chalked up over longer periods, of course. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Make the circle with a long bit of string if you are indoors, or use chalk on a bit of patio or pavement outside. Times, Sunday Times (2007) More climbing follows, taking you to the edge of the white chalk hills of the Chilterns. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The fireplace was painted in a chalk colour, as were the existing built-in units on either side. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Word lists with chalk Art equipment, rock In other languages chalk British English: chalk /tʃɔːk/ NOUN Chalk is soft white rock. ...high chalk cliffs. American English: chalk Arabic: طَبَاشِير Brazilian Portuguese: giz Chinese: 粉笔 Croatian: kreda Czech: křída Danish: kridt Dutch: krijt European Spanish: yeso Finnish: liitu French: craie German: Kreide Greek: κιμωλία Italian: gesso Japanese: チョーク白墨 Korean: 분필 Norwegian: kritt Polish: kreda European Portuguese: giz Romanian: cretă Russian: мел Latin American Spanish: tiza Swedish: krita Thai: หินชอล์ก Turkish: tebeşir Ukrainian: крейда Vietnamese: phấn viết British English: chalk VERB If you chalk something, you draw or write it using a piece of chalk. He chalked the message on the blackboard. American English: chalk Brazilian Portuguese: escrever a giz Chinese: 用粉笔写 European Spanish: apuntar con tiza French: écrire à la craie German: mit Kreide schreiben Italian: scrivere col gesso Japanese: チョークで書く Korean: ~을 분필로 쓰다 European Portuguese: escrever a giz Latin American Spanish: apuntar con tiza British English: chalk NOUN Chalk is small sticks of chalk, or a substance similar to chalk, used for writing or drawing with. ...somebody writing with a piece of chalk. American English: chalk Brazilian Portuguese: giz Chinese: 粉笔 European Spanish: tiza French: craie German: Kreide Italian: gesso Japanese: チョーク Korean: 분필 European Portuguese: giz Latin American Spanish: tiza All related terms of 'chalk' chalk out to outline (a plan, scheme , etc); sketch chalk up If you chalk up a success , a victory , or a number of points in a game, you achieve it. red chalk a clayey ochre containing iron , used by painters chalk talk an informal lecture with pertinent points, explanatory diagrams , etc, shown on a blackboard Nitro-chalk a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate chalk-stripe a stripe , as in the fabric of some suits , that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe French chalk a compact variety of talc used to mark cloth or remove grease stains from materials tailor's chalk pipeclay used by tailors and dressmakers to mark seams , darts , etc, on material chalk and talk a formal method of teaching , in which the focal points are the blackboard and the teacher's voice , as contrasted with more informal child-centred activities by a long chalk You can use by a long chalk to add emphasis to something you are saying . chalk and cheese if you describe two people or things as chalk and cheese , you mean that they are completely different from each other walk a chalk line to behave with strict propriety or obedience not by a long chalk by no means ; not possibly can't tell chalk from cheese to be unable to judge or appreciate important differences as alike as chalk and cheese totally different in essentials as different as chalk and cheese If you say that two people or things are like chalk and cheese , you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other. Chinese translation of 'chalk' chalk (tʃɔːk) n (u) 白垩(堊) (bái'è) (c/u) (for writing) 粉笔(筆) (fěnbǐ) (支, zhī) vt 用粉笔(筆)写(寫) (yòng fěnbǐ xiě) a piece of chalk (for blackboard) 一支粉笔(筆) (yī zhī fěnbǐ)
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