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.
中文解释
1. chalk => caulk.2. calc- "stone, pebble, limestone, lime" => caulk.3. => stop up chinks with lime.4. caulk----"卡壳"---填塞，堵住.
实用例句
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.