streak
- 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(tài)變化
助記提示
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
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(xué)突然出現(xiàn)了幾百人的裸奔隊(duì)伍,一 個(gè)記者偶然看到了這一幕,在報(bào)道時(shí)興奮的大叫:“They are streaking past me right now.It's an incredible sight.”原義要表達(dá)的是,“他們剛剛在我身邊跑過,真是一個(gè)難以置信的畫面”, 后隨著這則新聞報(bào)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(jìn)入內(nèi)閣所必需的冷酷性格。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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(zhì)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.
- 蘇珊和德博拉兩個(gè)人都極端自私和自我。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. We're both alike—there is a streak of madness in us both.
- 我們倆很像——都有點(diǎn)瘋。
來自柯林斯例句