chalk n. 1.白垩;粉笔。 2.用粉笔画的记号;〔英国〕(比赛)得分纪录,记入借方的款项。 3.〔美俚〕牛奶。 French chalk= tailor's chalk(裁缝划线用的)划粉。 coloured chalks 彩色粉笔。 (as) different as chalk from cheese = (as) like as chalk and [to] cheese 外貌相似实质不同,似是而非。 by a long chalk = by long chalks =〔英口〕by chalks 相差很多,强得多,好得多。 come up to (the) chalk 〔美俚〕够标准,好;重行开始。 make sb. walk a chalk 使人服从命令。 not know chalk from cheese 不辨黑白,不知好歹。 not to make chalk of one and cheese of the other 公平待遇,一视同仁,毫无偏袒。 stump one's chalk = walk one's chalk 〔俚语〕走掉,逃走。 walk the chalk 〔俚语〕笔直地走〔不醉的表现〕;严格遵守公共秩序;行为正派。 vt. 1.用粉笔写[记下]。 2.用白垩粉擦;使苍白。 3.打…的图样。 chalk it up 公布,公告。 chalk on a barn door 〔美口〕大概算一算。 chalk out 1. 标出。 2. 打样;设计。 chalk up 1. 用粉笔记下(分数、货账等);用粉笔写(在墙上等)。 2. 把…归因于… (to)。 3. 增多(利益等)。 4. 〔美国〕提高(价格);赊出。 5. 达到,得到。
It was like the paintings that man used to do on the pavement with all the coloured chalks and such a pity too leaving them there to be all blotted out , the evening and the clouds coming out and the bailey light on howth and to hear the music like that and the perfume of those incense they burned in the church like a kind of waft 那景色宛如画匠用彩色粉笔在马路上做的画。多么可惜,那一幅幅的画就全留在那儿等人给抹掉。暮色渐深,云雾弥漫,霍斯岬角的贝利灯台的光,乐声萦回耳际。