英语词汇“a streak of red”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. An intermixture (of some contrasting or unexpected quality, esp. in a person or his character); an inherited strain. a streak of red: a strain of American (‘Red’) Indian blood.

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1647 A. Cowley Wisdom in Mistress in Poems (1905) 86 With your grave Rules from musty Morals brought: Through which some streaks too of Divinity ran.

1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 Characters 32/2 Broad streaks of folly now and then appear through all the grave wisdom..of those mighty statesmen.

1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. ix. 121 Just act, now, as if you'd got a streak of something in you.

1865 G. Grote Plato II. xxiii. 158 There is..a streak of eccentricity in his character.

1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xxii. 400 He always did have that close streak in him.

1889 Spectator 28 Dec. 914/1 The deep and unscrupulous craft which lay in streaks through all Cavour's great character.

1890 J. Aitchison Signa Christi i. 23 The streak of immorality would have run through the whole history.

1908 W. Churchill Mr. Crewe's Career vii. 84 I can't understand Victoria. She really has influence with these country people... Sometimes I think Victoria has a common streak in her.

1913 Play Pictorial No. 134. 82 A woman even suspected of a ‘streak of red’ is scarcely within the pale.

单词	a streak of red
释义	> as lemmas a streak of red a. An intermixture (of some contrasting or unexpected quality, esp. in a person or his character); an inherited strain. a streak of red: a strain of American (‘Red’) Indian blood. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > inherited quality or constitution > unexpected or contrasting strain1605 streak1647 1647 A. Cowley Wisdom in Mistress in Poems (1905) 86 With your grave Rules from musty Morals brought: Through which some streaks too of Divinity ran. 1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 Characters 32/2 Broad streaks of folly now and then appear through all the grave wisdom..of those mighty statesmen. 1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. ix. 121 Just act, now, as if you'd got a streak of something in you. 1865 G. Grote Plato II. xxiii. 158 There is..a streak of eccentricity in his character. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xxii. 400 He always did have that close streak in him. 1889 Spectator 28 Dec. 914/1 The deep and unscrupulous craft which lay in streaks through all Cavour's great character. 1890 J. Aitchison Signa Christi i. 23 The streak of immorality would have run through the whole history. 1908 W. Churchill Mr. Crewe's Career vii. 84 I can't understand Victoria. She really has influence with these country people... Sometimes I think Victoria has a common streak in her. 1913 Play Pictorial No. 134. 82 A woman even suspected of a ‘streak of red’ is scarcely within the pale. extracted from streakn.¹ < as lemmas
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