But the caulking mallet is full of it.

捻缝的木槌里可都是音乐。

The coffin laid upon two line-tubs, between the vice-bench and the open hatchway; the Carpenter caulking its seams; the string of twisted oakum slowly unwinding from a large roll of it placed in the bosom of his frock.

（棺材放在老虎钳和敞开的舱口之间的两只索桶上；木匠在堵棺材缝；弯弯曲曲的麻絮绳慢慢从他衣兜里的大麻絮团上拉出来。

When we put the boat in the river again, the caulking held.

当们再次将船放入河中时，嵌缝仍然存在。

Some of these things are maybe putting incredibly expensive, high-efficiency windows, even though the existing windows are not the main source of energy waste, and you would do much better just caulking a few leaks.

有些情况下，可能安装了极其昂贵的高效率窗户，尽管现有的窗户并不是能源浪费的主要来源，你还不如去密封风处来得有效。

This is sturdier and allows for larger vessels than clinker construction, which is when the edges of the planks overlap, but it requires more caulking to keep the vessel watertight.

种结构更加坚固， 允许使用更大的船体，而拼接构造则是指木板边缘相互重叠，但种结构需要更多的填缝材料来保持船体的水密性。

We found that the caulking had worked loose out of two seams.

们发现两接缝处的嵌缝松动了。