单词 | chalk line |
释义 | chalk line (once / 67156 pages) n WORD FAMILY chalk line: chalk lines USAGE EXAMPLESHe was speaking, his face down as if addressing the white chalk line, which now looked yellow. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) He deliberately outlined and then marked once more the edges around each move, like a cop drawing a chalk line round a body. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) The carpenters, repairing the old house, complained that they could not keep the lumps of chalk with which they coated their chalk lines. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) n a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface Syn|Hyper snap line, snapline string, twine a lightweight cord |
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