streak
英[striːk]
美[strik]
- n. 条纹，线条；倾向
- vi. 飞跑，疾驶；加上条纹
- vt. 飞跑，疾驰；加条纹于
词态变化
复数: streaks;第三人称单数: streaks;过去式: streaked;过去分词: streaked;现在分词: streaking;
助记提示
1. strike => streak "pass over lightly" => "line of motion, stroke of a pen".
2. strike => stroke.
3. stretch => streak (originally "to stretch oneself" => "to go quickly").
4. 谐音“死追客”。
5. 谐音“丝缀刻、丝缀壳”。
6. string => streak.
中文词源
streak 条纹，条痕
来自古英语 strica,条纹，线痕，笔划，来自 Proto-Germanic*strikon,轻触，轻击，来自 PIE*streig, 击，打，刮，词源同 strike,stroke.
streak 疾行，疾驰，裸奔改写自 streek,快走，疾行，方言变体自 stretch,展开，伸长，来自古英语 streccan,展开，伸长。 词义裸奔来自一则小故事，在 1973 年，美国马里兰大学突然出现了几百人的裸奔队伍，一 个记者偶然看到了这一幕，在报道时兴奋的大叫：“They are streaking past me right now.It's an incredible sight.”原义要表达的是，“他们刚刚在我身边跑过，真是一个难以置信的画面”， 后随着这则新闻报道的播出，有意无意的就赋予了该词裸奔的含义。参照维基百科。
英文词源
- streak
- streak: [OE] Streak and strike are closely related. Both come from a prehistoric Germanic base *strik-, denoting ‘touch lightly’. But whereas the connotations of strike have become more violent, streak has moved semantically from the action to the effect it produced on a surface. Originally, in the Old English period, it denoted simply a ‘mark’, but by the 16th century it had narrowed down to a long thin mark. The use of the verb streak for ‘run naked through a public place’ dates from the early 1970s.
=> strike - streak (n.)
- Old English strica "line of motion, stroke of a pen" (related to strican "pass over lightly"), from Proto-Germanic *strikon- (cognates: Middle Dutch streke, Dutch streek, Middle Low German streke "a stroke, line," Old High German, German strich, Gothic striks "a stroke, line"), from PIE root *streig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil; also strike (v.), stroke (v.)). Sense of "long, thin mark" is first found 1560s. Meaning "a temporary run (of luck)" is from 1843.
- streak (v.2)
- 1768, "to go quickly, to rush, run at full speed," respelling (probably by association with streak (v.1)) of streek "to go quickly" (late 14c.), originally "to stretch oneself" (mid-13c.), a northern Middle English variant of stretch (v.). Related: Streaked; streaking.
- streak (v.1)
- "make streaks on" (transitive), 1590s, from streak (n.). Intransitive sense of "become streaked" is from 1870. Related: Streaked; streaking.
双语例句
- 1. He had the ruthless streak necessary to carry him into the Cabinet.
- 他具有进入内阁所必需的冷酷性格。
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- 2. A violent streak of pain ripped through her whole body.
- 一阵剧烈的疼痛传遍了她的全身。
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- 3. Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him.
- 保罗身上无疑带有清教徒气质。
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- 4. Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.
- 苏珊和德博拉两个人都极端自私和自我。
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- 5. We're both alike—there is a streak of madness in us both.
- 我们俩很像——都有点疯。
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