chalk out

基本解释

If you are waiting for a train at the station, you can always read a magazine or rather chalk out your study timetable for exams.
如果你在车站等火车，可以看杂志甚至是为考试大致列个学习计划。
The optimizer would chalk out a query plan before performing the actual join operation itself by making use of the statistical data.
在执行实际的连接操作之前，优化器使用统计数据制定一个查询计划。
That day, however, my left foot, apparently by its own volition, reached out and very impolitely took the chalk out of my sister's hand.
然而，那天我的左脚竟然伸了出去，而且非常不礼貌地从我姐姐手中夺过粉笔。

You've got to pretty much take that chalk, and make a slurry out of it, put water, and dry it back up, put in a mold, and then you can have the chalk again, but you can't just glue it back together.
你得尽可能地收集它的碎片，把它做成粉浆，加水然后风干，放进模具，然后你就能重新得到这支粉笔，但是你不能简单地把它粘起来。
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