streak /ˈstrik/
條理,斑紋,傾向(vt.)加條紋(vi.)變成條紋,飛跑
streak /ˈstrɪk/ 名詞
線,紋,條,劃痕
Streak v. t. To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Streak, n.
1. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton.
2. Shipbuilding A strake.
3. Min. The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
Streak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Streaked p. pr. & vb. n. Streaking.]
1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. --Sandys.
Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. --Prior.
2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
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streak
n 1: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck";
"Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: run]
2: a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a
streak of wildness"
3: a marking of a different color or texture from the
background [syn: stripe]
4: a sudden flash (as of lightning)
v 1: move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across
the sky"
2: run naked in a public place
3: mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of
color as if stained [syn: mottle, blotch]