单词 | streak |
释义 | Word Frequency streak 1(striːk) noun 1. a long thin mark, stripe, or trace of some contrasting colour 2. a. (of lightning) a sudden flash b. (as modifier) streak lightning 3. an element or trace, as of some quality or characteristic 4. a strip, vein, or layer fatty streaks 5. a short stretch or run, esp of good or bad luck 6. mineralogy the powdery mark made by a mineral when rubbed on a hard or rough surface: its colour is an important distinguishing characteristic 7. bacteriology the inoculation of a solid culture medium by drawing a wire contaminated with the microorganisms across it 8. informal an act or the practice of running naked through a public place verb 9. (transitive) to mark or daub with a streak or streaks 10. (intransitive) to form streaks or become streaked 11. (intransitive) to move rapidly in a straight line 12. (intransitive) informal to run naked through a crowd of people in a public place in order to shock or amuse them Derived forms streaked adjective streaker (ˈstreaker) noun streaklike (ˈstreakˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English strica, related to Old Frisian strike, Old High German strih, Norwegian, Swedish strikaWord Frequency streak 2(striːk) noun a variant spelling of strake (sense 2) |
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