Sleek
[sliːk] or [slik]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; 'sleek figures in expensive clothes' .
編輯:齐克--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
(superl.) Not rough or harsh.
(adv.) With ease and dexterity.
(n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.
(v. t.) To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
整理:奥拉
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Smooth, glossy.
編輯:桑德拉
解釋/意思:
adj. smooth: glossy: soft not rough: insinuating plausible: dexterous.—v.t. to make smooth or glossy: to calm or soothe.—v.i. to glide.—advs. Sleek Slick neatly.—v.t. Sleek′en to make smooth or sleek.—ns. Sleek′er Slick′er a tool for dressing the surface of leather.—adj. Sleek′-head′ed having a smooth head.—n. Sleek′ing the act of making smooth.—adj. Sleek′it (Scot.) having a smooth skin: sly cunning fair-spoken.—adv. Sleek′ly.—ns. Sleek′ness; Sleek′-stone a smooth stone used for polishing anything.—adj. Sleek′y smooth: sly untrustworthy.
校對:威尔默
例句/造句/用法:
- Bright the carriage looked, sleek the horses looked, gleaming the harness looked, luscious and lasting the liveries looked. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Warily he stepped, his slender lance ever ready, his long oval shield firmly grasped in his left hand close to his sleek ebony body. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- His spear hand went far back, the muscles rolled, lightning-like, beneath the sleek hide. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- His books had portrayed the NEGRO, but how different had been the dull, dead print to this sleek thing of ebony, pulsing with life. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- His hair, which was short, sleek, and black, was just visible beneath the capacious brim of a low-crowned brown hat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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