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    Chalk is a soft, white or colored stick used for writing or drawing, especially on a , or on the ground for games like hopscotch. It's also a type of soft white rock — chalk cliffs, like the famous white cliffs of Dover in England, are made of this rock. There's a common phrase, 'chalk it up to' something, meaning to accept a bad result by explaining it with one simple cause — 'we chalked the loss up to bad luck' means we decided bad luck was the reason, and moved on.

    粉筆；白堊（一種軟岩石）；chalk it up to... = 把……歸因於

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原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

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Chalkname

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    A surname.

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    A suburban village attached to the east side of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6773).

chalknoun/t͡ʃɔːk/

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    A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).

    • chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing
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    A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).

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    Tailor's chalk.

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    climbinggymnasticshobbiesA white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).

    • when working out your next move, it's a good idea to get some more chalk from the bag
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    governmentmilitarypoliticsA platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.

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    ball-gamesbasketballgamesThe favorite in a sporting event.

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    ball-gamesbasketballgamesThe prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

    • OK, let's get rid of the chalk players right away. The chalk likes North Carolina. Dean Smith has taken Carolina to the Final Four six times.
    • Excuse us for sticking with the chalk, but the predicted winners are Afternoon Deelites in the Derby, Oliver McCall over Larry Holmes, Nick Faldo in the Masters, and Al Unser Jr. in the Grand Prix.

chalkverb/t͡ʃɔːk/

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    To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.

    • chalk your hands before climbing
    • After a leg stretch, we set off again at 11:30 hours in charge of U.S.A. No. 1736 (Miss Ohio had been chalked on her), a 2-8-0 utility engine.
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    To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.

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    To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.

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    To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.

    • This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes / The man that ſeeks the everlaſting Prize: / It ſhevvs you vvhence he comes, vvhither he goes, / VVhat he leaves undone; alſo vvhat he does: / It alſo ſhovvs you hovv he runs, and runs, / Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes.
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    To manure (land) with chalk.

    • Land that is chalked
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    To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

    • Fear Stared in her eyes, and chalked her face

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。