1LINEa coloured line, especially one that is not straight or has been made accidentally 色条;条痕;斑纹
Sue has blonde streaks in her hair.
休的头发里夹杂着几缕金发。
2CHARACTER/PERSONALITYa part of someone’s character that is different from the rest of their character 个性特质[特点]
a mean streak
吝啬的个性
streak of
His serious nature was lightened by a streak of mischief.
他严肃的个性中带着一丝顽皮。
3SERIESa period of time during which you continue to be successful or to fail 〔不断成功或失败的〕一段时期
be on a winning/losing streak
Celtic are on a six-game winning streak.
凯尔特人队六连胜。
4.streak of lightning/fire/light etcHEMa long straightflash of lightning, fire etc 一道闪电/火光/光亮等
Examples from the Corpus
streak of lightning/fire/light etc• Sometimes there is hope, a streak of light, a blur on a piece of film.• A streak of lightningsplit the sky.• There was another streak of lightningoverhead.• The three women were wreakinghavoc with their guns that fired streaks of light.
be on a winning/losing streak• The Cottesloe is on a winning streak because it also has Uncle Vanya, with a host of fineperformances.• He was on a winning streaktonight.• Clear as day - I was on a winning streak, I'd hit a seam.• The modernteamare on a losing streak and are propping up Division One.
streak2 verb
1[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to run or fly somewhere so fast you can hardly be seen 飞速地跑[飞]
streak across/along/down etc
Two jets streaked across the sky.
两架喷气式飞机在空中迅速飞过。
2[transitiveT]COVER to cover something with lines of colour, liquid etc 使布满条纹[条痕]
The sky was streaked yellow and purple.
天空被染成一条一条的黄色和紫色。
be streaked with
His hands and arms were streaked with paint.
他手上和胳膊上全是一道道的漆印。
nGrammar
Streak is usually passive in this meaning.
3.[intransitiveI]NAKED to run across a public place with no clothes on as a joke or in order to shock people 裸奔
Examples from the Corpus
streak• Two aircraftstreaked across the sky.• A sleekcatstreaked across the top of the wall and was gone.• I caught a glimpse of a man streaking away into the shadows.• The fogflickered around him, streaking like lightninglow to the ground, or mutecannon fire.• The evening sky was streaked red and orange.• The comets that streaked the skies and scared the ancients were powered by Fenna's breath.• I remember it as if I were still standing there, streaked with blood and dust and tears, talking to her.• He crawls out, his face streaked with oil, and dries himself with a rag.• My own shirt was streaked with perspirationstains from the same walk.• His face and uniform were streaked with red.• Soon we are streaked with sweat and mud.
streak across/along/down etc• There were darkstreaks down her cheeks.• The rain had smudged my sooty mascara and it was streaked down my cheek.• One appletsentlovelyblue raindrops streaking across my screen.• Tracheal irritation - a rawstreak down the centre of the upperchest.• Seaheaps up and white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along the direction of the wind.• The planes came streaking across the sky over Tempe with all the world watching.• A sleek cat streaked across the top of the wall and was gone.
be streaked with• By the end of the trip, my shirt was streaked with perspiration.