chalkface
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
- The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school.
词形变化
词源
From chalk + face.
In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.
In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.
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