sleek的意思|sleek的解释-里氏词典

Sleek \Sleek\ (sl[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Sleeker} (sl[=e]k"[~e]r);
superl. {Sleekest}.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl[=i]kr, and
OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl[=i]hhan,
D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. {Slick},
{Slink}.]
1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as,
sleek hair. --Chaucer.

So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
--Dryden.

2. Not rough or harsh.

Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.
--Milton.

Sleek \Sleek\, adv.
With ease and dexterity. [Low]

Sleek \Sleek\, n.
1. That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.]

2. A slick.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Sleek \Sleek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeked};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sleeking}.]
To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy;
to smooth over.

Sleeking her soft alluring locks. --Milton.

Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. --Shak.

What a marvelous, sleek machine the Berlin Philharmonic is.
One reason the government gave for granting the project to United Engineers (Malaysia) is that the profits would help pay for the World Trade Center, a sleek skyscraper in downtown Kuala Lumpur that is home to the UMNO party headquarters.
His Lever House, built in 1952, introduced the sleek International Style to New York's Park Avenue.
Fiat's new sleek Alfa Romeo 164, for example, bears a strong resemblance to the Saab 9000, and it should: Both cars came out of a joint design project between Fiat and Saab-Scania AB.
Within 10 years the industry will have developed a new streamlined shape - not so much a Mercedes family sedan, more a sleek and sporty Audi.
Jaguar cars are known for their sleek lines and high-quality interior trim.
Only a few thousand of the sleek black boxes have been sold, and the Next has failed to generate great interest among corporate computer users, analysts say.
Office looks range from sleek, sculpted styles, says Xenon, to softer, less controlled lines.
When they're finished, the sleek, narrow bows weigh less than two pounds.
He motors around this ancient city of temples and teahouses in a sleek, black sedan rather than the company's traditional red-and-white taxi.
Abandoning his palace, security forces, secret tunnels and his own dignity, he fled Bucharest in presidential helicopter No. 1, a sleek white craft with a range of 600 miles.
Owner Peter Palumbo originally proposed a Mies van der Rohe office block, all sleek and rectangular and now almost laughably out of fashion.
"American Chronicles," a slick, sleek documentary, is visually classy, but its popular appeal is uncertain. "DEA" is visually distinctive but turns out to be just another cop show that's underwritten somewhat more than most.
Only minutes and miles away, Chuck Ruder's day on the 51st floor of the sleek Sears Tower is devoted to the fast pace and steady pressures of retail and finance.
The trouble is that beneath the Impact's sleek skin are 870 pounds of conventional car batteries that can only store enough power to run the vehicle for about 120 miles between re-chargings.
The 24-story, blue-green office building constructed in 1952 introduced the sleek International Style to Manhattan's Park Avenue, then lined by traditional masonry buildings.
The 29-year-old wife of Prince Andrew showed off her new sleek figure when she presented the 1988 awards for business sponsors at London's National Theater on Tuesday.
Rail planners envision sleek trains rocketing through the French Alps, across German plains and, of course, under the channel.
Saint Laurent's ace in the hole was a sleek exercise in false modesty: a semi-fitted, black, midlength jersey dress piped in satin, with a line of big buttons marching down the front and up the sleeves.
Tables at the snazzy New York-style deli and grill, called Sasha's, are carefully arranged: No matter which way customers turn, their gaze falls upon the dealership's line of sleek Wellcraft powerboats.
But Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney has defended the nation's newest and most sophisticated bomber, saying that the sleek, all-wing bomber is an important technological breakthrough, using composite fuselage materials to absorb enemy radar waves.
Gossamer-light luxury fabrics made these clothes look lighter than ever, though Yves Saint Laurent won kudos for his sleek white suits in heavy pique, ridged tussore, and Shantung silk.
The sleek blue car, which soon would be moving around the track at nearly 200 mph, was just sitting there.
Both have sleek new models as part of GM's most expensive new-product program in its history.
But so far, only the hotel, a sleek 42-story tower, looks like the architect's drawings.
His car would be a sleek beauty with a third headlight that moved in tandem with the steering wheel.
The array here, ranging from the rococo creations of anonymous seamstresses to sleek interpretations by couturiers including Mainbocher, amply demonstrates the fashion potential of this humble garment.
The Pentagon apparently hopes that releasing sketches of the sleek fighters and making more information public about their capabilities will help deflect congressional criticism of the program.
The new design retains the shape of a sleek bird with a downturned beak, which many aircraft aficionados call the world's most beautiful high-flying silhouette.
Advertisements in national law enforcement and government trade magazines tout its air conditioning, sleek security glass and electronic door controls.

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