Chalky means like chalk, or with chalk in it: dry, pale, and a little powdery.

Chalky means like chalk, or with chalk in itChalky的意思是「像粉筆」或「含有粉筆成分」：dry, pale, and a little powdery乾乾的、淡淡的、有點粉狀。

A cliff can be chalky when the rock itself is chalk. Soil can be chalky too — pale, and not much good for some plants.

A cliff can be chalky when the rock itself is chalk當岩石本身就是白堊時，懸崖可以說是chalky。Soil can be chalky too土壤也可以是chalky——pale, and not much good for some plants顏色淡，對某些植物不太好。

A taste is chalky when it sits on your tongue like dust, the way some cheap chocolate, tablets, or dry biscuits do; there may be no real chalk in them at all.

A taste is chalky當一種味道是chalky when it sits on your tongue like dust時，是指它像灰塵一樣停在你的舌頭上，the way some cheap chocolate, tablets, or dry biscuits do就像某些便宜巧克力、藥片或乾餅乾那樣；there may be no real chalk in them at all裡面其實可能根本沒有真正的粉筆成分。

Skin looks chalky when it is very white, or when powder is sitting on it. Paint or make-up is chalky when the colour is flat and dusty, not fresh and bright.

Skin looks chalky當皮膚看起來chalky when it is very white是因為非常白，or when powder is sitting on it或是因為上面撲了粉。Paint or make-up is chalky當顏料或化妝品是chalky when the colour is flat and dusty是因為顏色死板、帶粉塵感，not fresh and bright而不是鮮明明亮。

People stretch it a little for anything that feels dry and white in that same way. It is an ordinary describing word, not slang and not fancy.

People stretch it a little for anything that feels dry and white in that same way人們也會把這個字延伸用在任何有那種乾燥、發白感覺的東西上。It is an ordinary describing word這是個普通的形容詞，not slang and not fancy不是俚語，也不是什麼講究的字。