| 单词 | slick |
| 释义 | slick (once / 1298 pages) 1adjnv 2adj 3n 4n 5n Slick means smooth or slippery, but it can also describe a smooth, effortless style. How did that Girl Scout talk you into buying so many boxes of cookies? It must have been her slick sales pitch. A great salesman is often described as slick — he or she seems more like a friend than someone trying to sell you something. Things that are smooth and glossy can also be called slick, like the surface of a glass table or an icy patch on the sidewalk. Slick is also a verb, meaning "to smooth," like when you slick back your hair. The oldest meaning of slick is shiny, and in the 1620s, it was even the name of a kind of cosmetic. WORD FAMILYslick: slicked, slicker, slickest, slicking, slickly, slickness, slicks+/slicker: slickers USAGE EXAMPLESIn Mr. Braith’s mosaic, he is clad in a slick red blazer and carrying his signature Braithophone, alto and soprano saxophones melded into one. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) From Bournemouth’s point of view it was brilliantly worked, full of slick passing and fluid movement that encapsulates what Eddie Howe’s side are all about. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) He owns a slick Canon, a Leica manual rangefinder and, as of Christmas, a Polaroid. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1adj made slick by e.g. ice or grease sidewalks slick with ice roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil Syn slippery, slippy causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide 2adj having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light slick seals and otters Syn satiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek bright emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts 3n a slippery smoothness Syn|Hyper slickness, slip, slipperiness smoothness a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch 4v make slick or smooth Syn|Hyper sleek polish, shine, smooth, smoothen make (a surface) shine 5v give a smooth and glossy appearance 2slick one's hair Syn|Hyper sleek down, slick down comb, comb out, disentangle smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb 1adj marked by skill in deception a slick evasive answer Syn crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily artful marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft 2adj having only superficial plausibility 3a slick commercial Syn glib, pat plausible apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful n a magazine printed on good quality paper 4Syn|Hyper glossy, slick magazine mag, magazine a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it n a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water 5Hypo|Hyper oil slick a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship) film a thin coating or layer n a trowel used to make a surface slick Hyper trowel a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials |
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