n.
- 白堊[U]
- 粉筆[C][U]
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Teachers usually write on the blackboard with
chalk.
教師通常用粉筆在黑板上書寫。
- 用粉筆劃的記號
vt.
- 用粉筆寫（或畫）[（+on/up）]
- 用白堊粉擦；使變白
- 畫出……的草圖；規劃[（+out）]
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He
chalked out a simple plan of the new building.
他用粉筆勾畫了新大樓的簡圖。
- （比賽時）得（分）；記下[（+up）]
片語
chalk out
- 用粉筆畫出
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The teacher
chalked out a design on the blackboard.
老師用粉筆在黑板上勾畫出一個圖案。
- 制訂……的草圖
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Let's
chalk out the last part of the work today.
讓我們今天把最後部分工作的計劃制訂出來。
chalk up
- 記下
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They will
chalk up your good points.
他們會記下你的優點。
- 取得
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Our team has
chalked up a record score for the season.
我們隊已取得該季度最佳得分記錄。
not know chalk from cheese
- 不辨是非
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Such a young child does
not know chalk from cheese.
這樣年幼的孩子是不辨是非的。
衍生
辨析
n.
a white soft earthy limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures.
▸a similar substance (calcium sulphate), made into sticks and used for drawing or writing.
v.
- draw or write with chalk.
▸rub the tip of (a snooker cue) with chalk.
- Brit. charge (drinks bought in a pub or bar) to a person's account.
-
(chalk something up)
achieve something noteworthy.
Phrase
- as different as chalk and cheese
Brit. fundamentally different or incompatible. - by a long chalk
Brit. by far. - chalk and talk
Brit. teaching by traditional methods focusing on the blackboard. - not by a long chalk
Brit. not at all.
[with ref. to the chalk used for marking up scores in competitive games.]
Derivative
- chalkiness n.
- chalky adj.
Etymology
OE cealc, from L. calx (see calx).
