sleeker [机] 抹镘
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.
- FORD= FORD: The big news is the sleeker, lower all-new Thunderbird midsize coupe.
- The family firm has sold off half its equity: 25 per cent to Remy Martin, and 25 per cent to Suntory, but a richer, sleeker Shiach remains in control.
- It does not look much different from the XJ6; just a bit sleeker.
- A paper published in 1978 argued that the diplodocus was a closer kin than the camarasaurus, implying the apatosaurus had a longer, sleeker head than had been believed.