caulk
英 [k??k]
美 [k?k]
助記提示
1. chalk => caulk.
2. calc- "stone, pebble, limestone, lime" => caulk.
3. => stop up chinks with lime.
4. caulk----"卡殼"---填塞，堵住.
中文詞源
caulk 補船漏洞來自詞根calc, 石子，石灰，詞源同calculate, chalk. 因舊時用石灰補船縫而產生此義。
英文詞源
- caulk (v.)
- late 14c., "to stop up crevices or cracks," from Old North French cauquer, from Late Latin calicare "to stop up chinks with lime," from Latin calx (2) "lime, limestone" (see chalk). Original sense is nautical, of making ships watertight. Related: Caulked; caulking. As a noun, "caulking material," by 1980 (caulking in this sense was used from 1743). Related: Caulker.
雙語例句
- 1. Plumbers caulk joints in pipe with lead, string or a caulking compound.
- 管子工用鉛 、 繩子或專用填隙材料使管子的接頭不漏水.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.
- 造船工匠用麻絲和瀝青填塞木船縫隙,使之不滲水.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Fibermax caulk is also used as a patchingmaterial around deteriorating burner blocks.
- Fibermax填縫材料還可用作維修爐體時的修補材料.
來自互聯網
- 4. The sailors couldn't find anything to caulk the seam in the boat.
- 水手們找不到任何東西來填塞船上的裂縫.
來自互聯網
- 5. Caulk a pipe joint; caulked the cracks between the boards with mud.
- 堵住水管接頭的縫隙; 填塞木板和泥之間的''.'縫'.''.
來自互聯網