streak
英[stri?k]
美[strik]
- n. 條紋，線條；傾向
- vi. 飛跑，疾駛；加上條紋
- vt. 飛跑，疾馳；加條紋于
詞態變化
復數:?streaks;第三人稱單數:?streaks;過去式:?streaked;過去分詞:?streaked;現在分詞:?streaking;
助記提示
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. 諧音“死追客”。
5. 諧音“絲綴刻、絲綴殼”。
6. string => streak.
中文詞源
streak 條紋，條痕
來自古英語 strica,條紋，線痕，筆劃，來自 Proto-Germanic*strikon,輕觸，輕擊，來自 PIE*streig, 擊，打，刮，詞源同 strike,stroke.
streak 疾行，疾馳，裸奔改寫自 streek,快走，疾行，方言變體自 stretch,展開，伸長，來自古英語 streccan,展開，伸長。 詞義裸奔來自一則小故事，在 1973 年，美國馬里蘭大學突然出現了幾百人的裸奔隊伍，一 個記者偶然看到了這一幕，在報道時興奮的大叫：“They are streaking past me right now.It's an incredible sight.”原義要表達的是，“他們剛剛在我身邊跑過，真是一個難以置信的畫面”， 后隨著這則新聞報道的播出，有意無意的就賦予了該詞裸奔的含義。參照維基百科。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He had the ruthless streak necessary to carry him into the Cabinet.
- 他具有進入內閣所必需的冷酷性格。
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- 2. A violent streak of pain ripped through her whole body.
- 一陣劇烈的疼痛傳遍了她的全身。
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- 3. Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him.
- 保羅身上無疑帶有清教徒氣質。
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- 4. Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.
- 蘇珊和德博拉兩個人都極端自私和自我。
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- 5. We're both alike—there is a streak of madness in us both.
- 我們倆很像——都有點瘋。
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