verb🔗Share填塞，嵌缝。 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."The shipbuilders were calking the metal plates of the hull, hammering the edges to create a watertight seal. "造船工人们正在填塞船体的金属板，通过锤击边缘，使上下两块钢板紧密贴合，形成水密的密封。nauticaltechnicalbuildingindustrymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share填塞，捻缝. To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight."The shipwright carefully calked the seams of the wooden boat to prevent leaks. "那个造船匠小心地在木船的缝隙里填塞捻缝，以防止漏水。nauticalsailingtechnicalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share填缝，嵌缝 To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials."The homeowner is calking around the bathtub to prevent water leaks. "房主正在浴缸周围填缝，以防止漏水。materialbuildingarchitecturetechnicalindustrypropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share嵌缝材料，填缝剂 A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture."Oakum was used for the caulking of the hulls of wooden ships."过去常常使用麻絮来填塞木制船体的缝隙。(Guòqù chángcháng shǐyòng máxù lái tián sè mùzhì chuántǐ de fèngxì.)materialbuildingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
