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chalk[tʃɔ:k]- n.
- 白垩
- 像白垩的物质
- 粉笔;彩色粉笔
- 用粉笔画的记号(或线条)
- [英国英语]比赛的得分;贷款的记账
- adj.
- 用粉笔写的;用粉笔画的
- [美国俚语]【赛马】最有希望获胜的(指马);只对最有希望获胜的马打赌的
- vt.
- 用粉笔写(或画),用粉笔做记号:
The inspector chalked O.K. on my baggage. 检查员用粉笔在我的行李上写了“查讫”。 You may chalk it on the wall. 你可以用粉笔把它记在墙上。 - 用白垩粉擦(或涂),(尤指)用白垩粉擦打台球用的球杆尖:
He chalked his billiard cue again and again. 他一再用白垩粉擦他的球杆尖。 - 使变苍白:
The terrifying sight chalked his face. 恐怖的景象吓得他脸色苍白。 - [英国英语]撒白垩于;往(田里)施白垩作肥料
- vi.
- 短语:
- as like as chalk to (或 and) cheese 截然不同,本质上完全不同,外貌相似而实质迥异 [亦作 as different as chalk and (或 from) cheese, no more alike than chalk and cheese]
- (as) white as chalk 雪白,极白
- by a long chalk [英国口语]在很大程度上,远远地,…得多 [亦作 by long chalks]
- chalk it up
- chalk one up 取得优势
- come (up) to the chalk
- [美国口语]
- 【体育】站到起跑线上,按比赛规则就位,准备开始;重新开始
- 遵守规划;践约
- 言归正题;不旁敲侧击
- 不负期望;符合要求,称职
- know chalk from cheese 有判断力[通常用于否定句]
- not by a long chalk [英国口语]绝不,决不 [相当于 not at all, not by any means]
- not know chalk from cheese 什么都不懂;不辨真伪;不知好歹
- not make chalk of one and cheese of the other 不厚此薄彼,不偏袒一方,一视同仁
- stump (或 walk) one's chalks 逃走;走开;不辞而别
- walk a (或 the) chalk line 见 chalk line
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