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Sleek Variant Slick English 7123.Sleek 英 Sliːk]美 Slik

正面 7123.sleek
英 [sliːk]美 [slik]

背面
释义:
adj. 圆滑的;井然有序的vt. 使…光滑;掩盖vi. 打扮整洁;滑动
例句:
1. The horse's sleek body gleamed.这匹马全身光滑,皮毛闪亮。

fudge捏造。forge伪造。shine发光。sheen光泽。slick油滑的。sleek光滑的。s=水l=流sl=流,滑1. sleek <===> slick.

sleeksleek: [16] Sleek originated as a variant form of slick [14], which probably went back to an unrecorded Old English *slice. It apparently has relatives in Icelandic slíkja and Norwegian slikja ‘smoothen’.=> slicksleek (adj.)1580s, variant of Middle English slike (see slick (adj.)). Originally of healthy-looking animal hair; applied to persons 1630s, with sense of "plump and smooth-skinned." Figurative meaning "slick, fawning, flattering" is from 1590s.sleek (v.)"make sleek," mid-15c., a variant of slick (v.). Related: Sleeked; sleeking."

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