| 单词 | streak |
| 释义 | streak (once / 364 pages) nv A streak is a mark or characteristic. What makes you keep trying to wipe the streak of permanent marker off the white couch — your clean streak or your stubborn streak? Like a mark or stain, a streak in a person is a characteristic or strain that runs through them — like a mean streak. The noun streak can also refer to an unbroken chain of events — you’ll want a lucky streak to keep going and a losing streak to come to a quick end. As a verb, to streak means to dash, sometimes without clothes. If you talk a blue streak, you’ve got a lot to say, very quickly. WORD FAMILYstreak: streaked, streaker, streaking, streaks, streaky+/streaked: streakeder/streaker: streakers/streaky: streakily USAGE EXAMPLESThat includes a three-game losing streak to end the year in which the Lions were outscored by the Giants, Cowboys and Packers 90-51. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The line remained intact Monday at practice with all three carrying streaks. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) That launched a streak in which Baltimore won six of eight, including a 38-6 rout of Miami . Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background Syn|Hypo|Hyper bar, stripe band, banding, stria, striation a stripe or stripes of contrasting color collar(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal stretch marka narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) marking a pattern of marks 2n a distinctive characteristic he has a stubborn streak a streak of wildness Hyper characteristic a distinguishing quality 3n a sudden flash (as of lightning) Hyper flash a sudden intense burst of radiant energy 4n an unbroken series of events had a streak of bad luck Syn|Hypo|Hyper run losing streak a streak of losses winning streaka streak of wins succession a group of people or things arranged or following in order 5v mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained Syn|Hyper blotch, mottle color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize add color to 6v move quickly in a straight line The plane streaked across the sky Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 7v run naked in a public place Hyper run move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time |
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