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 slick [slik]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 光滑的, 熟练的, 聪明的, 华而不实的, 老套的, 陈腐的

ad. 灵活地, 聪明地

vt. 使光滑, 使漂亮

vi. 打扮整洁

n. 光滑平面, 平滑器, 修光工具


  1. I advised them to watch out for slick spots on the sidewalk.
    我叫他们当心人行道上路滑的地方。
  2. The hurricane carried away the roof as slick as a whistle.
    飓风把屋顶不费吹灰之力地刮掉了。


slick
[ noun ]
  1. a slippery smoothness

  2. <noun.attribute>
    he could feel the slickness of the tiller
  3. a magazine printed on good quality paper

  4. <noun.communication>
  5. a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

  6. <noun.artifact>
  7. a trowel used to make a surface slick

  8. <noun.artifact>
[ verb ]
  1. make slick or smooth

  2. <verb.contact> sleek
  3. give a smooth and glossy appearance

  4. <verb.body>
    sleek down slick down
    slick one's hair
[ adj ]
  1. made slick by e.g. ice or grease

  2. <adj.all>
    sidewalks slick with ice
    roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil
  3. having only superficial plausibility

  4. <adj.all>
    glib promises
    a slick commercial
  5. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light

  6. <adj.all>
    glossy auburn hair
    satiny gardenia petals
    sleek black fur
    silken eyelashes
    silky skin
    a silklike fabric
    slick seals and otters
  7. marked by skill in deception

  8. <adj.all>
    cunning men often pass for wise
    deep political machinations
    a foxy scheme
    a slick evasive answer
    sly as a fox
    tricky Dick
    a wily old attorney


Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, n. (Metal.)
See {Schlich}.


Slick \Slick\, a. [See {Sleek}.]
Sleek; smooth. ``Both slick and dainty.'' --Chapman.


Slick \Slick\, v. t.
To make sleek or smoth. ``Slicked all with sweet oil.''
--Chapman.


Slick \Slick\, n. (Joinery)
A wide paring chisel.


Slick \Slick\, n.
A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek.

The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of
the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface
breaks the crest. --The Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Schlich \Schlich\, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG.
sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.)
The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin,
separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written
also {slich}, {slick}.]

  1. A slick, watchable, more immediate style is what the producers of "USA Today: The Television Show" hope will make it different.
  2. The design is slick: The system consists of just a keyboard and a monitor, because a "Personality Pack" containing the computer attaches to the back of the monitor.
  3. "He's slick," said Lee.
  4. The company publicized its high hopes in slick publications and news releases.
  5. Now, it has joined MCA Home Video in an "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" rebate deal with promotional displays for a $5 payback in more than 60,000 stores. There's a slick TV commercial, and a potential Pepsi cost of $55 million.
  6. In Missouri, police said slick roads caused dozens of traffic accidents, including one in which a couple was killed when their car slid out of control on Missouri Route 43 in Barton County and slammed head-on into another car.
  7. Typically, they are so blinded by greed that they are easy marks for a salesman with a slick yarn.
  8. An oil slick snaked about five miles from the ship as wind and tide pushed the crude oil into the sound and away from shore.
  9. "Pandemonium" is a raucous funk-rock stew spiced by the slick comic sense of the sharp-dressed Day, who dubs himself the "aristocratic black."
  10. An official of the Maritime Safety Agency, Japan's coast guard, reported a 660-by-70-foot oil slick off Ine, about 490 miles southwest of Tokyo.
  11. City officials said the oil-tainted water is just now reaching customers because the city filled its reserve tanks last week in anticipation of the slick.
  12. No way." Corona's popularity has benefited from a slick advertising campaign, with its "Cross the Border" message linking the lager to Mexican tourist attractions in magazines and on billboards.
  13. The Soviet trawler sank within minutes, Berlin said, and some wreckage and an oil slick was all that marked the site.
  14. I've built my own memory of it that's greater than what it was." "Clinton and Nadine" also stars 1988 Oscar nominee Morgan Freeman ("Street Smart") as a slick Miami lawyer who is part of the scheme to raise money for the Contras.
  15. Some 23,000 suburban Pittsburgh residents were without tap water for a week, and cities all along the two rivers had water supplies contaminated until the oil slick was finally diluted.
  16. An hour by boat from this tiny river port and five hours by truck over slick mountain trails gets us to three primitive huts occupied by heavily tattooed Iban natives who cut trees for a logging company.
  17. It's for people's health." Coast Guard officials said less of the 17-mile slick was visible Wednesday, indicating the oil either had begun dissipating or had sunk.
  18. Ice on roads was blamed for accidents around metropolitan Atlanta and Athens, Ga., and police blocked off several interstate highway ramps that were littered with cars and trucks unable to cross slick spots.
  19. When the Annex went to auction, city officials feared slick outsiders concerned strictly with cash flow would replace historic buildings with glitzy condos.
  20. Activated by a button above the rear-view mirror, it performed well and was comforting on slick, snow-covered roads.
  21. It is no wonder that street crime, too, uses its own slick methods to exploit the gullibility of travellers unfamiliar with local conditions.
  22. The New York Times this week summed up the public perception: 'Mr Bush is out of touch, Mr Clinton is slick, Mr Perot is flaky.'
  23. President Bush has dispatched a team of U.S. government experts to Saudi Arabia to consult on the slick.
  24. The Coast Guard helped lay booms across the river, which feeds Lake Michigan, to contain the slick, said Dean Kelley, emergency response coordinator for the state Department of Natural Resources.
  25. "Yeah, look," he says, pointing to an oily slick.
  26. He's betting $1 million it only takes slick packaging, massive promotion and a character with a body that won't quit.
  27. Many roads in the Northwest were wet with rain or slick with new snow.
  28. The highway, made slick by butter melted in the fire, was closed about 15 minutes.
  29. Cleanup crews reported that the oil slick that coated 14 miles of shore with gooey muck was shrinking.
  30. Eric Mosher, who was part of a team that conducted a land search along a 50-mile stretch of the river from Louisville to Madison, Ind., where the slick was spotted Saturday.
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