单词 | streaking |
释义 | streakingn.1 dialect. plural. The last milk that comes before the cow's udder is empty. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > milking > last drainings strokings1602 streakings1658 afterings1688 stripping1781 strapping1806 jibbings1824 hind milk1895 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 424 This was Christs fare-well Sermon, the very streakings of that milk, which he had fed them withall. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Strappings, Streakings, Strokings, the last milk given by a cow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). streakingn.2 1. a. The action of streak v.2; concrete a series or arrangement of streaks. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > streakiness > streaking streaking1677 rowing1741 1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. A Streaking, distinctio. a1820 J. R. Drake Amer. Flag 8 She..striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1866) 133 The sepals have a deep brown streaking at the back. 1898 G. W. Cable Grandissimes viii. 43 Hair en queue, the handsomer for its premature streakings of grey. b. Bacteriology. See streak v.2 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [noun] > streaking streaking1910 1910 P. H. Hiss & H. Zinsser Text-bk. Bacteriol. viii. 148 (heading) Separation of bacteria by surface streaking. 1949 F. C. Kelly & K. E. Hite Microbiology xi. 147 Though the streaking must be done carefully and according to some plan, it must be performed speedily. 1973 R. G. Krueger et al. Introd. Microbiol. iv. 169/1 Aerobic organisms..are inoculated onto the surface of the solidified medium by a procedure called streaking. 2. Television. A picture condition in which the trailing edges of areas of a particular colour are extended by streaks of the complementary colour. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > visual element > [noun] > television picture or image > defects in multiple image1863 ghost1927 flicker1933 ion spot1936 halation1937 blooming1940 shading1940 misregistration1942 snow1946 snowstorm1948 ringing1949 streaking1956 strobing1961 flickering1968 1956 S. W. Amos & D. C. Birkinshaw Television Engin. II. facing p. 27 (caption) An image of test card C as reproduced by a video-frequency amplifier giving short-term streaking. 1975 B. Grob Basic Television (ed. 4) xix. 411 The streaking is especially evident trailing to the right after the edges of numbers or letters in the picture... The cause is phase distortion with time delay for low video frequencies up to about 200 kHz. 3. Hairdressing. (See quot. 1966.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > colouring blondining1888 highlighting1905 lowlighting1936 streaking1966 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 144/1 Streaking, the bleaching of a few strands of hair in the coiffure. 1975 Time Out 30 May 63/4 (advt.) Streaking including cut & blow £5.50. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 3 Nov. 2/3 (advt.) Fashion cutting, blow drying, shampoo and set and streaking. 4. The act of running naked in a public place. Cf. streak v.2 6d, streak n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [noun] > running naked in public place streaking1973 1973 Time 10 Dec. 14/2 Another statistic in a growing Los Angeles-area fad: streaking. 1974 Washington Post 6 Mar. B 3 Lady Godiva established the political importance of streaking. 1977 D. Morris Manwatching 210 The phenomenon of ‘streaking’..is a strange example of an act that only has value as a deliberate Overexposed Signal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.11658n.21677 |
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