| 单词 | chalk |
| 释义 | Related topics: Geology, Visualchalk1 /tʃɔːk $ tʃɒːk/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 1 HEGsoft white or grey rock formed a long time ago from the shells of small sea animals 白垩 SYN limestone chalk cliffs 白垩质峭壁2 (also chalks [plural])AV small sticks of a white or coloured substance like soft rock, used for writing or drawing 粉笔 a box of coloured chalks 一盒彩色粉笔 a piece of chalk 一支粉笔 writing in chalk on the blackboard 黑板上的粉笔字3 chalk and cheese British EnglishDIFFERENT completely different from each other 截然不同的 The two brothers are as different as chalk and cheese. 这兄弟俩完全不一样。 They’re like chalk and cheese, those two. 这两个有天壤之别。 → long chalk at long1(21)Examples from the Corpuschalk• She had no money for even a blackboard and chalk, or for the slates used commonly by village children.• He could smell the harsh carbolic soap of the orphanage, then the schoolroom with its dust and chalk.• Bats flittered about him; their warning squeaks sounded like chalk on a blackboard.• A long chalk from resort children.• It makes a fertile soil for crops since here it is a mixture of clay and small particles of chalk.• A taste for dirt or chalk.• The headmaster handed me the chalk.chalk2 verb [transitive + up/on] 1.WRITEto write, mark, or draw something with chalk 用粉笔写[标记，绘画]2 chalk something ↔ up phrasal verb a) SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto succeed in getting something, especially points in a game 赢得〔尤指比分〕；取得 Seattle chalked up another win last night over Denver. 西雅图队昨晚击败了丹佛队，又取得了一场胜利。b) RECORDto record what someone has done, what someone should pay etc 记下〔某人所做的事、所欠的账等〕 to You can chalk the drinks up to my account. 你可以把酒钱记到我的账上。c) chalk it up to experience informalACCEPT to accept a failure or disappointment calmly and regard it as an experience that you can learn something from 平静地接受失败并从中吸取教训→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuschalk• Less ambitiously, simple networks can be chalked on to the playground.• Ford management chalked up its most significant coup over working practices in 1985 when 500 job titles were reduced to 58.• By the time I was involved the business had chalked up losses for many years and was in deep trouble.• Since then, Maxwell has chalked up three arrests in Houston.• Red has played a good half, sinking five of six field goals, grabbing four rebounds and chalking up three assists.• Now, abruptly, she could see that he imagined he'd chalked up yet another small victory.From Longman Business Dictionarychalkchalk /tʃɔːktʃɒːk/ verb → chalk up something→ See Verb tableOrigin chalk1 Old English cealc, from Latin calx ' → LIME12', from Greek chalix “small stone”chalk1 nounchalk2 verbChinese grey rock Corpus white soft Business formed or long a |
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