- 1填縫；打矽利康（美式拼法；常見寫法是 caulk。台灣口語幾乎都說「打矽利康」，對岸較常說「打玻璃膠」）
Calk is an American spelling of caulk. To caulk (or calk) a gap is to fill it so water or air cannot sneak through — the crack where the tub meets the wall, the seam around a window, a joint on a boat. The thick stuff in the tube is called caulk too.
Calk is an American spelling of caulkCalk是caulk的美式拼法。To caulk (or calk) a gap要caulk（或calk）一個縫隙 is to fill it就是把它填起來 so water or air cannot sneak through讓水或空氣不能偷偷跑進去——the crack where the tub meets the wall像浴缸接牆壁的裂縫 the seam around a window窗戶周圍的接縫 a joint on a boat船上的接合處。The thick stuff in the tube管子裡那種厚厚的東西 is called caulk too也叫caulk。
Though actually, in American shops and on tubes you will see caulk far more often; calk looks older, or like a short form some still write. It is a practical workshop word, not an essay word.
Though actually不過實際上 in American shops and on tubes在美國的店裡和管子上 you will see caulk far more often你比較常看到caulk這個拼法; calk looks oldercalk看起來比較舊 or like a short form some trades still write或像某些行業還在用的簡寫。It is a practical workshop word這是個實用的工作用詞 not an essay word不是寫文章用的字。
(English also has a rare calk for a metal point on a horseshoe, and Calk as a name, but those are not this “how Americans sometimes spell caulk” sense.)
(English also has a rare calk英文裡還有一個少見的calk for a metal point on a horseshoe指馬蹄鐵上的金屬釘 and Calk as a name還有當作名字用的Calk but those are not this "how Americans sometimes spell caulk" sense但那些都不是這個「美國人有時候這樣拼caulk」的意思。)
core核心畫面
組成From French calque, ultimately from Latin calcō, “to trample.” It is a doublet of calque (same old root, different meaning now).
同家族的字
- caulkthe usual spelling of the same verb and noun
- calquea true doublet: same Latin root; a calque is a phrase copied piece by piece from another language
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Calkname
- 1
A surname from German.
- 2
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.
calknoun詞源 1
- 1
A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
- 2
A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging.
- Near-synonym: cleat
calkverb詞源 1
- 1
To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
calkverb詞源 2/kælk/
- 1
To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。