英:[kɔ:k]
美:[kɔk]
英:[kɔ:k]
美:[kɔk]
vt.
堵(船的)缝,泥…的缝
填塞,使不漏水
装防滑尖铁
n.
鞋底防滑尖铁
马蹄防滑刺
复数:calks
第三人称单数:calks
现在分词:calking
过去式:calked
过去分词:calked
verb (1)
transitive verb
to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
noun
a cleat on the shoe of a horse to prevent slippingalso: a similar device worn on the sole of a shoe
verb (2)
transitive verb
to furnish with calks
to wound with a calk
铁刺
尖铁
Noun probably alteration of calkin, from Middle English kakun, from Middle Dutch or Middle French dialect; Middle Dutch calcoen horse's hoof, from Middle French dialect (Walloon) calcain heel, from Latin calcaneum, from calc-, calx heel
The first known use of calk was in 1587
calisthenicssingular or plural noun
exercises to develop strength and flexibility that are done without special equipment
the art or practice of calisthenics
call1 of 2verb
to speak so as to be heard at a distance : shout
call for help
to utter in a loud clear voice
call out a command
to announce with authority : proclaim
call a halt
to announce the action of (as a sports game)
summon sense 1
call a meeting
to bring into action or discussion
call up reserves
to make a request or demand of or for
call for an end to war
to give temporary control of a computer to a particular set of instructions
to make a telephone call to
to make a brief visit
no salesperson will call
to give a name to
called the cat "Patches"
to address by a name
what did you call me
to regard as being of a certain kind
you can call them generous
to estimate as being
call it an even dollar
to utter a cry
crows calling
to attract game by imitating its cry
halt entry 4 sense 2, suspend call time
call a game on account of rain
call2 of 2noun
a loud cry : shout
a cry of an animal
an imitation of an animal's cry or a device used to make such an imitation
summons entry 1 sense 1, invitation
attraction sense 1
the call of the wild
demand entry 1 sense 1a, claim
request entry 1 sense 1
a brief visit
the act of calling on the telephone
a ruling made by an official of a sports contest
a temporary transfer of control of computer processing to a particular set of instructions
callbacknoun
a return call
recall entry 2 sense 5
calla lilynoun
a plant often grown for its large white bract surrounding a fleshy spike of small yellow flowers
calk
calk
1 The lining inside the frame timbers is of pitch-pine planks, some 4, some 8 inches thick; it was also carefully calked once or twice.
2 Come on! let’s hurl ivery bit o’ calk out o’ the pit.”
3 The day was devoted to calking the launch, repairing it, and the next day, July 24th, they put out to sea again.
4 So the ships were got ready for Bres; abundant food and drink and war stores were put into them, their seams were calked with pitch, and they were filled with sweet-smelling frankincense.
5 "The knee acted up and then the Achilles followed after that, and then the calk started cramping up," Woods said.
6 We found that some emigrants had calked two wagon beds and lashed them together, and were using this craft for crossing.
7 I got in, and the conscious waters immediately began vigorously spurting through the cotton wadding wherewith the craft was calked.
8 A few days of pleasant weather were occupied in calking the decks.
9 Both mules had new calks on their shoes, and that would give them better footing in snow.
10 Never a word said the young riverman as he turned and clattered down the trail, his calked boots rasping on the pebbles.
11 Seams were being calked, there was painting and oiling going on from day to day.
12 We all then went to calking up and painting our boats, which was no small job for us, for we knew nothing about a boat.
13 And because there was not enough of it, they calked them with the flax of the country, and with the mantles, which they raveled for that purpose.
14 Powell got a man discharged out of the army at Fort Bridger to come and show us how to calk the boats.
15 But then the boat was done, and there was no other calking at the moment along the whole harbor front, except some that was being done on a ship by her own sailors.
16 On the inside, use weatherstripping provided by the manufacturer; on the outside, use calk around the perimeter to ensure a good seal.
17 They spent part of the day in calking the open seams with grass and the bark of trees, and in the afternoon embarked in the crazy craft and sought the shore.
18 When he returned to Baltimore he was let out to work at calking vessels; and he soon became so expert at the business that he earned from seven to nine dollars a week.
19 If his neighbor's tub leaked, it was his neighbor's fault for not keeping it calked.
20 Do not attempt to calk her in this condition, for if you should, you would run a good risk upon the boards swelling of badly warping the planking.