caulk
英 [kɔːk]
美[kɔk]
- vt. 填隙使不渗水；捻缝；凿密
词态变化
第三人称单数: caulks;过去式: caulked;过去分词: caulked;现在分词: caulking;
助记提示
1. chalk => caulk.
2. calc- "stone, pebble, limestone, lime" => caulk.
3. => stop up chinks with lime.
4. caulk----"卡壳"---填塞，堵住.
2. calc- "stone, pebble, limestone, lime" => caulk.
3. => stop up chinks with lime.
4. caulk----"卡壳"---填塞，堵住.
中文词源
caulk 补船漏洞
来自词根calc, 石子，石灰，词源同calculate, chalk. 因旧时用石灰补船缝而产生此义。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Plumbers caulk joints in pipe with lead, string or a caulking compound.
- 管子工用铅 、 绳子或专用填隙材料使管子的接头不漏水.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Shipbuilders caulk wooden boats with oakum and tar.
- 造船工匠用麻丝和沥青填塞木船缝隙,使之不渗水.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Fibermax caulk is also used as a patchingmaterial around deteriorating burner blocks.
- Fibermax填缝材料还可用作维修炉体时的修补材料.
来自互联网
- 4. The sailors couldn't find anything to caulk the seam in the boat.
- 水手们找不到任何东西来填塞船上的裂缝.
来自互联网
- 5. Caulk a pipe joint; caulked the cracks between the boards with mud.
- 堵住水管接头的缝隙; 填塞木板和泥之间的''.'缝'.''.
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