slick

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slick1 /slɪk/ adjectiveadj

1 PERSUADEif something is slick, it is done in a skilful and attractive way and seems expensive, but it often contains no important or interesting ideas 徒有其表的，华而不实的

a slick Hollywood production

一部场面恢宏但内容肤浅的好莱坞电影

slick advertising

虚华的广告

The presentation was very slick.

这个展示会非常华而不实。

2 PERSUADEif someone is slick, they are good at persuading people, often in a way that does not seem honest 油嘴滑舌的，巧舌如簧的

a slick used-car salesman

油嘴滑舌的二手车推销员

3 DO WELLEFFECTIVEdone smoothly and quickly 熟练的，灵巧的

He got round the defender using some slick footwork.

他用灵巧的步法突破了后卫的防守。

4 SLIDEsmooth and slippery 光滑的，滑溜的

slick with

Cars were sliding off roads that were slick with rain.

很多汽车滑出因下雨而湿滑的道路。

5. GOOD/EXCELLENT American EnglishAmE old-fashioned very good or attractive 很好的；吸引人的

—slickly adverbadv

—slickness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

slick• I don't trust her. She's too slick.• As we all know, nomatterhow slick and glossy a campaign, it will never sell the unsellable.• The gear change is slick and rapid.• She forgets the steals, the rebounds, the slick ballhandling.• Scores of new titles, with slick covers and graphics, fill the shelves.• Printed in the shrill neons of commercial art, these leering posters document the slick, creeping hucksterism of contemporary life.• Thanks to O'Neil's slick fielding, the Giants won 3-1.• The going was steep and treacherously slick in places, and Paige had all her concentration centred on staying upright.• He's got a bunch of slick lawyers to get him out of paying the $11 million he owes us.• They couldn't climb up the slick lime walls of the pit.• Not up on my tribes, I reckon, but you can tell him it was a slick operation.• slick paper• It's so slick you could be forgiven for thinking it's a close-ratio box.

slick with• Cars were sliding off roads that were slick with snow.

Related topics: Motor vehicles, Sport

slick2 noun [countableC]

1. TTR (also oil slick)SLIDE an area of oil on the surface of water or on a road 〔水面或路面的〕浮油，油层，油膜

2. American EnglishAmETCN a magazine printed on good-quality paper with a shiny surface, usually with a lot of colour pictures 精美杂志指用优质有光纸印刷并有大量彩色图片的杂志〕 SYN glossy magazine

3. TTCDS technical a smooth car tyre used for racing 〔赛车的〕磨光轮胎

Examples from the Corpus

slick• Below a slick of oil hovered clouds of undissolved cream.• He said oil slicks from the stricken leviathan still sometimes marred the bay.• Children were swimming in the canal amid shimmering oil slicks while their fathers fished from their living rooms.• This problem to some extent overshadowed the oil slick as an environmental issue.• The stench of the fuel floated above the pond Monday and rainbow slicks could be seen near its mouth.• The Domesday Group had also predicted the terrible slime slick to which Slampacker was referring.• The slick is one of the largest, and potentially most damaging, ever to have been recorded.

slick3 verb

1 slick something ↔ down/back phrasal verbphr v SHINYto make hair smooth and shiny by putting oil, water etc on it 〔抹上油、水等〕使〔头发〕光滑发亮

His hair had been combed back and slicked down with something to make it neat.

他的头发往后梳，而且还抹了什么东西，显得油亮齐整。

Examples from the Corpus

slick down/back• Michael had time to put Conker out before running in to wash his hands and slick his hair back wetly.

Examples from the Corpus

slick• He painted it with several coats of varnish to slick it up.• The rain grew heavier, slicking the ground.• Saunders' body was twitching violently as his blood leaked out in dying jets, slicking the walkway.

From Longman Business Dictionary

slickslick /slɪk/ adjectiveadj

1a slick person uses clever talk to persuade people to do something, especially in a way that does not seem honest or sincere

a slick investment banker

The public sometimes view the salesperson as being a slick fast-talking confidence trickster.

2cleverly made and attractive, but often not containing any important or interesting ideas

The agency has a reputation for producing work that is slick and classy.

slick advertising brochures

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