| 单词 | sleek |
| 释义 | sleek (once / 1307 pages) adjv If you hair is sleek, it is smooth and glossy. If your car is sleek, it's shiny and looks like it goes fast. Sleek always means smooth, glossy, and streamlined. Sleek is a variant of the word, slick. When you slick back your hair with grease, it becomes sleek. Cats are often called sleek with their silky coats and lithe movements. A dress could be described as sleek, if it fits tightly to your body and makes you look polished and perfectly fit. When something is sleek, it's aerodynamic. WORD FAMILYsleek: sleeked, sleeker, sleekest, sleeking, sleekly, sleekness, sleeks USAGE EXAMPLESHere you’ll find sleek pieces for your living room, dining room, bedroom and office, as well as decorative objects, rugs, wall art, lighting and mirrors. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Metro’s sleek new stainless steel rail cars are noticeably different from their clanking aluminum predecessors: They’re shiny, brightly lighted, far more modern. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) But it will require impressive feats of engineering to drive the sleek vehicle 3,000km through Australia's interior. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light sleek black fur Syn satiny, silken, silklike, silky, slick bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts 2adj well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed sleek figures in expensive clothes Syn groomed neat and smart in appearance; well cared for 3adj designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow Syn aerodynamic, flowing, streamlined smooth having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities 4v make slick or smooth Syn|Hyper slick polish, shine, smooth, smoothen make (a surface) shine |
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