Nghĩa là gì:
chalk
chalk /tʃɔ:k/- danh từ
- phấn (viết)
- a piece of chalk: một viên phấn (viết)
- điểm ghi bằng phấn (trong một trò chơi)
- (từ lóng) vết sẹo, vết xước
- as like as chalk and cheese
- to believe that chalk is cheese
- chalks away; by a long chalk; by long chalks
- he is the better man by a long chalk: nó bỏ xa đối phương, nó hơn đối phương nhiều
- not to know chalk from cheese
- không biết gì cả, không hiểu gì cả
- to walk the chalk
- đi đúng giữa hai vạch phấn (để tỏ là minh không say rượu khi bị đưa đến cảnh sát...)
- (nghĩa bóng) xử, sự mực thước đứng đắn
- to walk (stump) one's chalk
- (từ lóng) chuồn, tẩu, chạy trốn
- ngoại động từ
- viết bằng phấn, vẽ bằng phấn, ghi bằng phấn
- to chalk out
- đề ra, vạc (kế hoạch để thực hiện)
- to chalk up
- (thương nghiệp) ghi (một món tiền vào sổ nợ)
- to chalk up a victory
- ghi được một thắng lợi, giành được một thắng lợi
chalk Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
chalk one up for you
you have earned a point, you won that point/game Good shot! I'll chalk one up for you.
walk one's chalks
go away without notice不告而别
He walked his chalks and went to Shanghai.他不辞而别去了上海。
walk the chalk
act exactly as you are supposed to;behave properly;obey循规蹈矩;严格遵守;服从
The young teacher took great pains to make his students walk the chalk.那位年轻教师费了好大的劲来使学生们遵守纪律。
chalk sth up to
Idiom(s): chalk sth up to sth
Theme: CAUSES
to recognize something as the cause of something else.
• We chalked her bad behavior up to her recent illness.
• I had to chalk up the loss to experience.
• I chalked up my defeat to my impatience.
By a long chalk
(UK) If you beat somebody by a long chalk, you win easily and comfortably.
Chalk and cheese
Things, or people, that are like chalk and cheese are very different and have nothing in common.
be like chalk and cheese
be completely different: "I don't know why they got married - they're like chalk and cheese."
chalk up|chalk
v., informal 1. To write down as part of a score; record. The scorekeeper chalked up one more point for the home team. 2. To make (a score or part of a score); score. The team chalked up another victory. Bob chalked up a home run and two base hits in the game. Mary chalked up good grades this term.
walk the chalk|chalk|chalk line|chalk mark|walk|wa
To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk. In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes them walk the chalk. That theater owner wants his place to be orderly, and if boys and girls don't walk the chalk, he puts them out. (From the fact that sailors used to be asked to walk a chalk line along the deck of the ship to prove they were not drunk.)
Compare: TOE THE MARK.
chalk
chalk
1.
chalk out
1) to mark out as with chalk
2) to outline; plan
2.
chalk up
1) to score, get, or achieve
2) to charge or credit
3.
not by a long chalk
Brit., Informal not by any means; not at all
4.
walk a chalk line
Informal to behave with strict propriety or obedience
chalk up
chalk up
1) Score or earn, as in She chalked up enough points to be seeded first in the tournament. This term alludes to recording accounts (and later, scores) in chalk on a slate. [c. 1700]
2) Credit or ascribe, as They chalked their success up to experience. [First half of 1900s]
An chalk idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with chalk, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ chalk