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streamline

英 ['striːmlaɪn] 美['strimlaɪn]
  • vt. 把…做成流线型;使现代化;组织;使合理化;使简单化
  • n. 流线;流线型
  • adj. 流线型的

CET6TEM4考研低频词扩展词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: streamlines;过去式: streamlined;现在分词: streamlining;

中文词源


streamline 使成流线型

stream,流动,line,线条。

英文词源


streamline (v.)
1913, "give a streamline form to," from streamline (n.). From 1936 in the extended sense of "simplify and organize." Related: Streamlined; streamlining.
streamline (n.)
1868, "line drawn from point to point, so that its direction is everywhere that of the motion of the fluid" [Lamb, "Hydrodynamics," 1906], from stream (n.) + line (n.). The adjective is attested from 1898, "free from turbulence," 1907 in sense of "shaped so that the flow around it is smooth."

双语例句


1. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We must streamline our methods.
我们必须简化方法.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I wear these trunks because they have a streamline effect in the water.
我穿这条游泳裤因为它在水中有流线效果。

来自柯林斯例句

4. IBM, which consolidated some operations last summer, has made clear that it needs to continue to streamline them.
去年夏天合并了部分业务的IBM公司明确表示需要继续进行精简,以提高效率。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.
任何通过它的液体或气体将呈流线型的流动.

来自辞典例句