| 释义 |
sleeky, a.|ˈsliːkɪ|
[f. sleek a. + -y.]
1. Marked by sleek condition.
c1725Thomson Soporif. Doctor 1 Sweet sleeky Doctor! dear pacific soul! 1757Dyer Fleece i. 669 All intent to..wind the sleeky Fleece. Ibid. iii. 323 The grazier's sleeky kine obstruct the roads. a1814Love, Honor & Interest i. i. in New Brit. Theatre III. 265 Like a sleeky snail That climbs into a hive. 1839Blackw. Mag. XLVI. 654 We feel him rubbing his sleeky person against our dexter leg.
2. = sleeked ppl. a. 2.
a1800in Cromek Nithsdale Song (1810) 187 Gane he has wi' the sleeky auld carle. 1822Hogg Perils of Man II. 314 Sleeky Tam possesses both his own and his neighbour's farm at this day. 1863Holme Lee A. Warleigh III. 3 The most sleeky evil countenance she had ever beheld. |