| 单词 | streamline |
| 释义 | streamline I. 1. a. < streamlines of liquid flowing in a constricted tube — H.B.Lemon & Michael Ference > b. < consider the streamlines… around the plane parts — S.A.Moss > 2. a. < probably no animal or plant in the water is without some touch of streamline — R.E.Coker > < the streamline of an airfoil > < the island … was formed generally in a streamline — Norman Mailer > b. < streamline may not improve the performance of a typewriter but it makes it look efficient > II. 1. a. < even without human assistance the controls of an airplane tend to streamline themselves > b. < the fish is the first organism to have its hind appendage … streamlineed into it — A.L.Kroeber > < the nose is well streamlineed with aluminum cowling giving a bulletlike appearance — Aero Digest > c. < streamline apparatus for greater cleanliness and safety — D.E.Pierce > 2. < wants to streamline his people by treading on their fondest superstitions — Joseph Hitrec > < the archaic judiciary system has been streamlineed — T.H.Fielding > < streamline the text, to bring it closer to the contemporary stage — John Mason Brown > 3. a. < everything is streamlineed — doctrine, tactics, production, armaments, all integrated, all enshrined in a single dynamic — Lewis Hastings > b. < machines that extrude damp clay … streamline the work of clay modelers — Ford Times > < enacted legislation combining our armed forces into a single department of defense to streamline our defense machinery — Think > c. < school terms were streamlineed … to get the graduate sooner for industry — E.C.McVoy > |
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