slick

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a. 光滑的, 熟练的, 聪明的, 华而不实的, 老套的, 陈腐的 adv. 灵活地, 聪明地 vt. 使光滑, 使漂亮 vi. 打扮整洁 n. 光滑平面, 平滑器, 修光工具

发音

AU /slɪk/

词形变化

slicks 复数 slicked slicking slicks 三单 slicking 现在分词 slicked 过去式 slicked 过去分词 slicker 比较级 slicker slickest slickest 最高级

别名

sleek

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A covering of liquid, particularly oil.

    Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.

    The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.

  2. 2.

    A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an oil slick, around the site of a large underwater explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress through the water of the shock wave generated by the explosion.

    美国 过时 物理 引申义
  3. 3.

    Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.

  4. 4.

    A tool used to make something smooth or even.

  5. 5.

    A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.

    汽车 体育 交通

    You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.

  6. 6.

    A helicopter.

    美国 俚语 政治 军事
  7. 7.

    A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.

    媒体 印刷

    The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.

  8. 8.

    A glossy magazine.

    俚语 媒体
  9. 9.

    A wide paring chisel used in joinery.

  10. 10.

    In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.

    俚语

    I spent two fucking days locked up in that hotel room, miserable and hating myself and drenched in my own slick!

    For his ruts, Castiel orders slick from a single donor, who is, unbeknownst to him, Dean, who lives at the Roadhouse and is in contact with many of his colleagues and rescuees.

    She observed another parallel to menstruation, namely the abundance of 'slick' that Omegas produce when they go into heat, which mainly functions as an anal lubricant.

  11. 11.

    A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.

    俚语
  12. 1.

    Alternative form of schlich.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make slick.

    The surface had been slicked.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.

    This rain is making the roads slick.

    The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.

    His large round head was shaved slick.

  2. 2.

    Sleek; smooth.

  3. 3.

    Appearing expensive or sophisticated.

    They read all kinds of slick magazines.

  4. 4.

    Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.

    That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.

  5. 5.

    Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.

    Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.

    That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.

  6. 6.

    Extraordinarily great or special.

    美国

    That is one slick bicycle: it has all sorts of features!

adv.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of sleek (“with ease and dexterity”).

    非正式

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”).

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