Chalkiness is the quality of being like chalk, or of having chalk in it — that dry, white, powdery feel or look.

Chalkiness粉質感 是它是 the quality of being like chalk像粉筆的那種特質，or of having chalk in it或含有白堊的特質 — that dry, white, powdery feel or look那種乾、白、粉粉的觸感或外觀。

If a sauce has chalkiness, it feels dusty in your mouth, not smooth. If soil has chalkiness, it contains a lot of chalk, a soft white rock.

If如果 a sauce一種醬汁 has chalkiness帶有粉質感，it它 feels dusty吃起來乾乾粉粉的 in your mouth在你嘴裡，not smooth而不是滑順的。If如果 soil土壤 has chalkiness帶有粉質感，it它 contains a lot of chalk含有很多白堊，a soft white rock一種軟的白色岩石。

Cheap chocolate, old paint, or even a smile can be talked about this way: the chalkiness of the chocolate means it tastes powdery.

Cheap chocolate便宜的巧克力、old paint舊油漆、or even a smile或甚至一個笑容 can be talked about this way都可以這樣形容：the chalkiness of the chocolate巧克力的粉質感 means意思是 it tastes powdery它吃起來粉粉的。

Though actually, the everyday word is the adjective chalky; chalkiness is the noun you use when you talk about that dry white powderiness as a thing in itself. You meet it in food notes, geology, and art more than in beginner chat.

Though actually不過其實，the everyday word日常用字 is the adjective chalky是形容詞chalky；chalkiness這個名詞 is the noun you use是你用來 when you talk about那乾白粉狀特質本身 that dry white powderiness as a thing in itself把它當成一個東西本身來談時用的字。You你 meet it會遇到它 in food notes在美食筆記裡、geology地質學、and art和藝術裡 more than in beginner chat比在初學者的聊天裡常見得多。