sleek
英 [sliːk]
美 [slik]
- adj.
- vt.滑らかにする；覆い隠す
- 着飾る；滑らせる
英語の語源
- sleek
- sleek: [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’.
=> slick - sleek (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.
例文
- 1. The horse 's sleek body gleamed.
- この馬は全身が滑らかで、毛皮が輝いている。
- 2.the sleek dark head of a seal
- 黒くてつやつやしたアザラシの頭
- 3.She wore a sleek little black dress.
- 彼女は光沢のある黒いワンピースを着ていた。
- 4.He 's one of those sleek businessman types.
- 洗練された服装をしたビジネスマンの一員です。
- 5.The horse 's coat was sleek and glossy.
- この馬は全身つやつやしていて光がある。
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