| 单词 | streamlined |
| 释义 | streamlined (once / 7949 pages) adj Something that works better because it's been made more efficient or modern is streamlined. Your streamlined system for printing flyers advertising your yard sale means you can print them much faster than before. There are two ways to use the adjective streamlined. First, there's the simplified system, like a streamlined health care system or a streamlined driver's license process. The second meaning is "sleek" or "aerodynamic." The streamlined shape of a bullet train means it can travel much faster than older, rectangular train cars. The original meaning of streamline, from the 1850's, was "line drawn from point to point, so that its direction is everywhere that of the motion of the fluid." WORD FAMILYstreamline: streamlined, streamliner, streamlines, streamlining+/streamliner: streamliners USAGE EXAMPLESThe streamlined version was much easier to read, the directions less cumbersome and more direct. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Try this streamlined approach to setting New Year’s goals. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) This year, the park streamlined the check-in process and introduced a virtual-queueing system that sends skaters text messages when it is their turn. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj made efficient by stripping off nonessentials short streamlined meetings a streamlined hiring process Syn efficient being effective without wasting time or effort or expense 2adj designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow a streamlined convertible Syn aerodynamic, flowing, sleek smooth having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
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