streak

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

streaks

1.
An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
The picture I took out the car window had streaks.
2.
A continuous series of like events.
I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.
I was on a winning streak until the fourth game, when I was dealt terrible cards.
3.
A consistent facet of somebody's personality.
a mean streak
a stubborn streak
4.
The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
5.
A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
Streak (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
6.
A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.
7.
(shipbuilding) A strake.
8.
A rung or round of a ladder.
9.
The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

streaks

V_ing/Gerund

streaking

V_ed/pp

streaked

1.
(intransitive)To have or obtain streaks.
If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
2.
(intransitive)To run quickly.
3.
(intransitive)To run naked in public.
It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
4.
(intransitive)To move very swiftly.
5.
(transitive)To create streaks upon.
You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
6.
(Scotland, UK, obsolete)To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

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ambush

Cùng gốc / liên quan

losing streakstreakerwinning streaktalk a blue streak

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (line). Related to strijck, striki, streke, streek, streg, streck, strek, stryk, strykr, streek, streek, strih, Strich, 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃.