英语词汇“sleek”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adjective | verb

sleeksleek1 /slik/ adjective

ETYMOLOGYsleek¹

Origin: 1500-1600 ➔ SLICK¹

1approving smooth, attractive, sometimes shiny, and often narrow or thin: a sleek black car sleek new office buildings2approving sleek hair or fur is straight, shiny, and healthy-looking: The cat purred as Ben stroked its sleek fur.3looking or sounding good or done very well, often in a way that is not sincere—sleekly adverb—sleekness noun [uncountable]

adjective | verb

sleeksleek2 verb [transitive] literary

VERB TABLE

sleek

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sleek
	he, she, it	sleeks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sleeked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sleeked
	he, she, it	has sleeked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sleeked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sleek
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sleeked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am sleeking
	he, she, it	is sleeking
	you, we, they	are sleeking
Past	I, he, she, it	was sleeking
	you, we, they	were sleeking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been sleeking
	he, she, it	has been sleeking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been sleeking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be sleeking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been sleeking

to make hair or fur smooth and shiny by putting water or oil on it