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slick up

/slik/US // slɪk //UK // (slɪk) //

滑溜溜的,滑腻的,油滑的,滑溜溜

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    slick·er, slick·est.

    • : smooth and glossy; sleek.
    • : smooth in manners, speech, etc.; suave.
    • : sly; shrewdly adroit: He's a slick customer, all right.
    • : ingenious; cleverly devised: a slick plan to get out of work.
    • : slippery, especially from being covered with or as if with ice, water, or oil.
    • : deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial; glib: a writer who has mastered every formula of slick fiction.
    • : Slang. wonderful; remarkable; first-rate.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a smooth or slippery place or spot or the substance causing it: oil slick.
    • : Informal. a magazine printed on paper having a more or less glossy finish.such a magazine regarded as possessing qualities, as expensiveness, chic, and sophistication, that hold appeal for a particular readership, as one whose members enjoy or are seeking affluence.such a magazine regarded as having a sophisticated, deftly executed, but shallow or glib literary content.Compare pulp.
    • : any of various paddlelike tools for smoothing a surface.
    • : Automotive. a wide tire without a tread, used in racing.
    • : Military Slang. a helicopter.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : smoothly; cleverly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ingroom

Examples

  • Even without much precipitation, it can turn slick out there.

  • Some scientists called Gertrude’s introduction a slick publicity stunt, full of unachievable promises.

  • Her hair has been in the same slicked-down style for about a month.

  • Express forecastForecast in detailLight wintry precipitation, ending this morning, may leave a few slick spots north and west of town, but we turn toward sunshine and relative warmth during the afternoon.

  • Keep an eye out for a couple of slick patches as it gets cold again tonight.

  • Officials also had received reports of loud bangs—called in by fishermen—and an oil slick.

  • If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.

  • Dressed in a slick black suit, Chapman discovers, say, how people come to be millionaires.

  • Within 12 hours an oil slick is spotted, along with some wreckage.

  • He licked them up with a slick bronzy tongue and spat a thick wad of honey-brown juice into the empty teacup.

  • I was goin' to slick up and drop around to see her, but this here Injun agent got in ahead of me.

  • A moonhead can say a slick thing once in a while and be none the worse, but darned if a clever chap can cut didoes.

  • "It was a pretty slick way that you caught us," began the mate, lounging near Hal as he stood on deck.

  • Jed's a mighty slick hand with the pasteboards, but he meets his boss in your Uncle Ephraim.

  • It's slick he calls me, but I'll bet me life he's been playing a slick game of his own with ye.