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

CET4TEM4GRE中低頻詞常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?streaks;第三人稱單數(shù):?streaks;過去式:?streaked;過去分詞:?streaked;現(xiàn)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(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。

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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(zhì)。

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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。

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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(diǎn)瘋。

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