Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense chalks, present participle chalking, past tense, past participle chalked
1N-UNCOUNT [oft NOUN n]白垩Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with. 白垩
...the highest chalk cliffs in Britain.
英国最高的白垩悬崖
Her skin was chalk white and dry-looking.
她的皮肤看上去苍白发干。
2N-UNCOUNT 粉笔Chalk is small sticks of chalk, or a substance similar to chalk, used for writing or drawing with. 粉笔
...somebody writing with a piece of chalk.
在用粉笔写字的某人
...drawing a small picture with coloured chalks.
用彩色粉笔画一幅小图
3VERB 用粉笔画(或写) If you chalk something, you draw or write it using a piece of chalk. 用粉笔画(或写)
He chalked the message on the blackboard. [VERB noun]
他用粉笔将消息写在黑板上。
There was a blackboard with seven names chalked on it. [VERB-ed]
黑板上用粉笔写着7个人名。
4PHRASE 截然不同;完全不同 If you say that two people or things are like chalk and cheese, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other. 截然不同;完全不同 [British, emphasis]
The two places, he insists, are as different as chalk and cheese.
他坚持说那两个地方有天壤之别。
We are very aware of our differences, we accept that we are chalk and cheese.
我们非常清楚相互之间的差异,并且承认自己是截然不同的两类人。
5PHRASE [oft with brd-neg, PHRASE with cl](用于加强语气)绝对 You can use by a long chalk to add emphasis to something you are saying. (用于加强语气)绝对 [British, emphasis]
The rest of us hadn't finished our drinks, not by a long chalk.