chalk

/chawk/US // tʃɔk //UK // (tʃɔːk) //

白垩,白垩纪,粉笔,白垩垩

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- : a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as for writing on a blackboard.
- : a mark made with chalk.
- : a score or tally.
- : Sports Slang. the competitor considered most likely to win by the oddsmakers; favorite: If you don’t know anything about either team, just bet the chalk.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to mark or write with chalk.
- : to rub over or whiten with chalk.
- : to treat or mix with chalk: to chalk a billiard cue.
- : to make pale; blanch: Terror chalked her face.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmilk

Forms: chalked, chalking

Synonyms

buttermilk酪乳,酪蛋白牛奶,酪蛋白乳,酪蛋白奶 cream奶油,乳霜,霜,奶脂 half-and-half一半一半,一半半,一半一半的,一半一半地 condensed浓缩的,凝练,浓缩,凝练的 evaporated蒸发了,蒸发,蒸发掉了,蒸发的 formula公式,公式化,公式中,公式中的 goat山羊,小山羊,山羊座,山羊肉 homogenized

Examples

He knows the food he prepares isn't great but chalks it up to a learning experience.
Some are clean and bright, others are weighty and round and fruity, while others are chalky and taste like minerals, as though someone melted down the chalk and limestone soils found throughout Champagne and turned them into a sparkling drink.
Populations of resident honkers have become so dense in some areas that they’ve created safety issues for humans and wildlife, from sidewalks chalk full of gander feces to dangerous plane strikes.
My laptop’s keyboard became choked with chalk after months of building grids between attempts at whatever problem I was projecting.
In what is best chalked up to the difference between the brashness of a Philly guy in Auriemma and the Midwesterner inside Lisa Bluder, Clark’s coach, the bragging on behalf of her player has a few more caveats.
The Cadet turned suddenly with a surprised look, opened his hand and said ‘a piece of chalk,’ at the same time displaying it.
Heroin used to come in the same way, either packed in bundles of wax baggies or as chunks resembling sticks of chalk.
Notes were scrawled on a large white board, and “The Internet Association” was written in chalk on a blackboard.
Many who pay a pretty penny for a trench chalk it up to nostalgia.
Submit to his apologia for Murmelstein, or chalk this up to a case of a filmmaker courting controversy?
Henry gave his younger sister a gentle pat, as she returned with her workbag and fished for the .

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chalk

/chawk/US // tʃɔk //UK // (tʃɔːk) //

白垩,白垩纪,粉笔,白垩垩

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- : a prepared piece of chalk or chalklike substance for marking, as for writing on a blackboard.
- : a mark made with chalk.
- : a score or tally.
- : Sports Slang. the competitor considered most likely to win by the oddsmakers; favorite: If you don’t know anything about either team, just bet the chalk.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to mark or write with chalk.
- : to rub over or whiten with chalk.
- : to treat or mix with chalk: to chalk a billiard cue.
- : to make pale; blanch: Terror chalked her face.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmilk

Forms: chalked, chalking

Synonyms

Examples

He knows the food he prepares isn't great but chalks it up to a learning experience.
Some are clean and bright, others are weighty and round and fruity, while others are chalky and taste like minerals, as though someone melted down the chalk and limestone soils found throughout Champagne and turned them into a sparkling drink.
Populations of resident honkers have become so dense in some areas that they’ve created safety issues for humans and wildlife, from sidewalks chalk full of gander feces to dangerous plane strikes.
My laptop’s keyboard became choked with chalk after months of building grids between attempts at whatever problem I was projecting.
In what is best chalked up to the difference between the brashness of a Philly guy in Auriemma and the Midwesterner inside Lisa Bluder, Clark’s coach, the bragging on behalf of her player has a few more caveats.
The Cadet turned suddenly with a surprised look, opened his hand and said ‘a piece of chalk,’ at the same time displaying it.
Heroin used to come in the same way, either packed in bundles of wax baggies or as chunks resembling sticks of chalk.
Notes were scrawled on a large white board, and “The Internet Association” was written in chalk on a blackboard.
Many who pay a pretty penny for a trench chalk it up to nostalgia.
Submit to his apologia for Murmelstein, or chalk this up to a case of a filmmaker courting controversy?
Henry gave his younger sister a gentle pat, as she returned with her workbag and fished for the .

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