n.
- 白垩[U]
- 粉笔[C][U]
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Teachers usually write on the blackboard with
chalk.
教师通常用粉笔在黑板上书写。
- 用粉笔划的记号
vt.
- 用粉笔写（或画）[（+on/up）]
- 用白垩粉擦；使变白
- 画出……的草图；规划[（+out）]
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He
chalked out a simple plan of the new building.
他用粉笔勾画了新大楼的简图。
- （比赛时）得（分）；记下[（+up）]
短语
chalk out
- 用粉笔画出
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The teacher
chalked out a design on the blackboard.
老师用粉笔在黑板上勾画出一个图案。
- 制订……的草图
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Let's
chalk out the last part of the work today.
让我们今天把最后部分工作的计划制订出来。
chalk up
- 记下
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They will
chalk up your good points.
他们会记下你的优点。
- 取得
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Our team has
chalked up a record score for the season.
我们队已取得该季度最佳得分记录。
not know chalk from cheese
- 不辨是非
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Such a young child does
not know chalk from cheese.
这样年幼的孩子是不辨是非的。
派生
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).
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