亚洲网紅露点

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streak

[ streek ]

noun

  1. a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:

    streaks of mud.

  2. a portion or layer of something, distinguished by color or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum:

    streaks of fat in meat.

  3. a vein, strain, or admixture of anything:

    a streak of humor.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. Informal.
    1. a spell or run:

      a streak of good luck.

    2. an uninterrupted series:

      The team had a losing streak of ten 亚洲网紅露点.

  5. a flash leaving a visible line or aftereffect, as of lightning; bolt.
  6. Mineralogy. the line of powder obtained by scratching a mineral or rubbing it upon a hard, rough white surface, often differing in color from the mineral in the mass, and serving as an important distinguishing character.
  7. Plant Pathology.
    1. an elongated, narrow, superficial lesion on stems or leaf veins, becoming brown and necrotic.
    2. any disease characterized by such lesions.


verb (used with object)

  1. to mark with a streak or streaks; form streaks on:

    sunlight streaking the water with gold; frost streaking the windows.

  2. to lighten or color (strands of hair) for contrastive effect.
  3. to dispose, arrange, smear, spread, etc., in the form of a streak or streaks:

    to streak cold germs on a slide for microscopic study.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become streaked.
  2. to run, go, or work rapidly.
  3. to flash, as lightning.
  4. to make a sudden dash in public while naked, especially as a prank.

streak

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/ 蝉迟谤颈藧办 /

noun

  1. a long thin mark, stripe, or trace of some contrasting colour
    1. (of lightning) a sudden flash
    2. ( as modifier )

      streak lightning

  2. an element or trace, as of some quality or characteristic
  3. a strip, vein, or layer

    fatty streaks

  4. a short stretch or run, esp of good or bad luck
  5. mineralogy the powdery mark made by a mineral when rubbed on a hard or rough surface: its colour is an important distinguishing characteristic
  6. bacteriol the inoculation of a solid culture medium by drawing a wire contaminated with the microorganisms across it
  7. informal.
    an act or the practice of running naked through a public place
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to mark or daub with a streak or streaks
  2. intr to form streaks or become streaked
  3. intr to move rapidly in a straight line
  4. informal.
    intr to run naked through a crowd of people in a public place in order to shock or amuse them
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

streak

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/ 蝉迟谤颈藧办 /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of strake
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

streak

  1. The characteristic color of a mineral after it has been ground into a powder. Because the streak of a mineral is not always the same as its natural color, it is a useful tool in mineral identification.
  2. A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium.
  3. Also called streak plate
  4. Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.
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Derived Forms

  • streaked, adjective
  • 藞蝉迟谤别补办别谤, noun
  • 藞蝉迟谤别补办藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉迟谤别补办别诲路濒测 [streekt, -lee, stree, -kid-lee], adverb
  • 蝉迟谤别补办别诲顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
  • 蝉迟谤别补办顎侥谤 noun
  • 蝉迟谤别补办顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
  • 颈苍顎卼别谤路蝉迟谤别补办顎 verb (used with object)
  • 耻苍路蝉迟谤别补办别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of streak1

First recorded before 1000; (for the noun) Middle English streke, akin to strike, Old English strica 鈥渟troke, line, mark鈥; cognate with German Strich, Gothic striks 鈥渟troke鈥; akin to Latin strigil strigil; (for the verb) late Middle English streken 鈥渢o cross out,鈥 derivative of the noun; strike, stroke 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of streak1

Old English strica, related to Old Frisian strike, Old High German strih, Norwegian, Swedish strika
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. blue streak. blue streak.

More idioms and phrases containing streak

see like greased lightning (a blue streak) ; talk someone's arm off (a blue streak) ; winning streak .
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Dustin May struggles to find consistent command with his breaking ball, and Atlanta鈥檚 Austin Riley makes him pay as the Dodgers鈥 seven-game winning streak ends.

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With Braves starter Bryce Elder painting the corners of the strike zone, their recently streaking offense went cold.

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Wall Street has clawed back losses incurred after President Donald Trump imposed global tariffs a month ago, capping the longest winning streak in two decades for US stocks.

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Cage has been on a streak of making catchy low-budget B-movies by rising filmmakers such as 鈥淧ig,鈥 鈥淒ream Scenario鈥 and 鈥淭he Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.鈥

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They have 21 victories, the most by any Dodgers team at the end of April since their streak of annual postseason appearances started in 2013.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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