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Definition of slick in English: slickadjective slɪkslɪk 1Done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way. 娴熟的；熟练的 Rangers have been entertaining crowds with a slick passing game 漫游者队娴熟的传球让人赏心悦目。 Example sentencesExamples - Bolt operation is as slick and smooth as any factory rifle you're ever likely to encounter.
- With his slick passing, perfect timing and ability to off-load in the tackle, he set up two of Jauzion's three tries.
- The Foundling Hospital was, apart from anything else, an exceptionally slick operation.
- Few anime operations have developed the slick marketing skills necessary to take on the giants of U.S. entertainment.
- The slick bolt operation, short bolt lift and bolt throw and smooth in-line feeding made for fast follow-up shots.
- The game features a fairly slick damage location model, allowing you to blow the heads and limbs off zombies with well-aimed shots.
- There's not one slick piece of editing or camera work that doesn't serve the story.
- The Hartlepool-born youngster has been capped by England at under-18 level and is noted for his slick passing.
- In times of sophisticated technological warfare, our military needs to be a highly-skilled, highly-trained and slick operation.
- It is a slick piece of work, more like a product of Madison Avenue than staid Capitol Hill.
- A slick piece of indie rock, it showcases Hayes' soulful voice through a string of songs tinged with sadness yet which are ultimately uplifting.
- The ergonomics of the grip are just right and the no-grip-screw installation is slick efficient and innovative.
- Py's stagecraft, with its rolling trolleys, red curtains and golded frames like religious icons, is slick and efficient, but not dazzling.
- It had become a very slick operation and everyone seemed delighted.
- From a corporate sense, this is a slick piece of work.
- Brazil's slick passing game gathered pace, helped by Turkey's defensive errors, but the score was unchanged at halftime.
- The five-speed manual gearbox is pretty nifty, slick and smooth to use.
- It was a slick, professional operation, alright.
- The champions were a class apart in this contest, and the unfortunate Salthill had no answers to their power, their swift movement or their slick passing.
- Today's pirates are slick professional operations filling Britain's airwaves with everything from street music to extreme political messages.
Synonyms efficient, smooth, smooth-running, polished, well organized, well run, streamlined skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous, masterly, professional, clever, smart, sharp, shrewd - 1.1 Smooth and superficially impressive but insincere or shallow.
the brands are backed by slick advertising 这些品牌有华美的广告做后盾。 a salesperson may be viewed as a slick confidence trickster 推销员可被视为精明能干、能说会道获取信任的骗子。 Example sentencesExamples - We can spend our lives dallying in false advertising and slick brochures about barren land and cheap trinkets and never for a moment wince at the dishonesty of it.
- He makes use of slick advertising, juiced-up commercial colors, and spanking-clean light.
- Cosmetic surgeons can find themselves in similar situations when they mix professional credibility with slick advertising.
- In the bid to eliminate the estate tax, anti-repeal forces have used slick advertising, explicit falsehoods and deception.
- Sarah is too smart to be taken in by the humble doorstep salesman, too cynical to fall for slick advertising patter.
- We encounter the photos like magazine advertisements, or slick campaign billboards selling women's perfume or trips to happier places than Sofia.
- Shoppers are being warned not to be suckered into buying computers and other IT gear just on the back of slick advertising.
- Please don't abandon that heritage in the interest of a slick format and additional advertising space.
- Toy sellers say scenes of desperate dads fighting over limited edition action figures hyped by slick advertising campaigns have also been uncommon this year.
- Far from being slick and superficial, it is, he says, a natural empathy with the listener which wins their sympathy and support and shows the best side of the politician.
- With enough money in the war chest, the conventional wisdom goes, populist approval can be won with slick advertising.
- Mass amounts of this innocuous beverage flooded the market and, backed by slick advertising campaigns and the lure of good cheap wine, few could resist the bait.
- But this effort is based on action, not slick advertising.
- Concentrate on the content and information presentation as opposed to advertising and slick sales copy.
- Many believe that revival comes through slick advertisements and extensive planning.
- They spend big on advertising and have a slick website that lets people either choose from a range of preconfigured systems or design their own.
- Yet it is never slick or glib; instead, it exudes a guileless, homespun warmth.
- I knew that the biotechnology industry had been pouring money into opposing the initiative with slick advertisements and tricky sound bites.
- Don't be fooled by the slick advertising and deceptively impressive hardware and launch titles.
Synonyms glib, smooth, fluent, plausible, neat, pat, superficial disingenuous, insincere, specious, meretricious, shallow
2(of skin or hair) smooth and glossy. （皮肤，头发）光滑的，有光泽的 a dandy-looking dude with a slick black ponytail 服饰华丽留着乌黑发亮马尾辫的花花公子。 Example sentencesExamples - His straight slick hair shone like silver in the moonlight.
- Maria soon returned with her father, a burly man with a curled black mustache and slick hair.
- I wear my slick black hair in an elastic band threaded with red dice charms.
- At supper she grinned at her stepfather, who triumphantly swept back his slick hair.
- He was tall with black, slick hair and brown eyes.
Synonyms shiny, glossy, shining, sleek, smooth, silky, silken oiled, plastered down, Brylcreemed - 2.1 (of a surface) smooth, wet, and slippery.
（表面）光滑的，滑溜的 she tumbled back against the slick, damp wall 她跌跌撞撞退了回来靠在了光滑潮湿的墙上。 Example sentencesExamples - Dark clouds loomed over the lake, and the first drops of rain hit with fat plops on the slick surface.
- The few other people that were there watched in confusion as he soared across the slick surface and crashed into the wall.
- It skidded across the slick surface and fell off the other side with a sickly thunk.
- We get out and shuffle cautiously on the slick surface.
- They are not aware that the cold weather has created a slick surface in the shade of a toolbox.
Synonyms slippery, slithery, wet, greasy, oily, icy, glassy, smooth informal slippy, skiddy rare lubricious
noun slɪkslɪk 1An oil slick. 浮油 the slick is a serious threat to marine life Example sentencesExamples - Nicholls was competing in France in 2002 when the slick from the oil tanker Prestige hit the beach.
- Vice Admiral Jamnong said that patrol boats have been relocated to patrol the area and helicopters are flying twice a day to report on the movements of the slick.
- A Thai Navy helicopter was used to identify the extent of the oil spill and the direction that currents were carrying the slick.
- They were covered head to toe in crude oil from a massive slick that had formed over the site of the sinking.
- Just as frightening, and equally lethal, is the summer equivalent - a slick of engine oil on the road and a slight drizzle on top.
- When they spotted an oil/petrol slick, the area was marked.
- The slick couldn't have happened at a worst time as the ‘tourist season’ has arrived and with a dirty beach they fear losing business revenue.
- I informed the pilot there was a large slick of engine oil down the starboard pylon.
- On Friday, with a 50 ft crack in the hull trailing a 10-mile slick, the Greek captain was arrested.
- In the last couple of days new slicks have been spotted off the northern coast of Asturias and the area has been put on high alert.
- ‘We're monitoring the evolution of the slicks both where the tanker sank as well as around the coast of Galicia,’ he said.
2An application or amount of a glossy or oily substance. 一轻抹润唇膏。 Example sentencesExamples - The days of the innocent slick of lipstick are over since the newest formulations work far better.
- There was an oily slick on top and far too many noodles, flabbily over - cooked.
- Blot the whole lip area again and top with a slick of gloss.
- A strong, glossy slick of Serra cheese was similar to Vacherin and the marinated sea bass was sharp and fresh and ceviche-like.
- This food comes minus the usual slicks of oil and unnatural colourings.
- A slick of coral larvae encounters pumice (or bottles or other flotsam), and the larvae settle on it as a new home.
- Impeccably fresh sardines cooked in pancetta do not need a slick of oil seeping from a curiously flavourless salsa verde.
- Then soften the effect with a creamlike slick of olive oil and slip in a surprise bomb of pale lychee fruit, all insinuating sweetness and perfume.
- The soup had the light, creamy texture of melted ice cream and left a pleasing slick of richness down the back of my throat.
- The sky was criss-crossed with vapour trails, and blue but for a dark slick that started from some high heather burning and had spread miles, a dirty line just above the horizon of the North York Moors.
- She insists I try the sorbet made from her favourite Meyer lemons and then the vanilla panna cotta with slices of kumquat in a slick of sweet local honey.
- Reassuringly the leaves are dressed correctly, by being turned with the slick of creamy sauce in a big stainless steel bowl.
- If you do feel your blood pressure starting to rise, simply slap on a slick of stress-relieving peppermint oil lip gloss.
3usually slicksA racing-car or bicycle tyre without a tread, for use in dry weather conditions. （干燥天气时用的赛车或自行车的）花纹磨光轮胎 Hunt's victory resulted from the finest sort of judgement about when to change his wet tyres to slicks Example sentencesExamples - I went to the back of the car and looked at the slicks with great concern and said, ‘Yep, they look pretty good to me.’
- This produced frantic activity on the grid as drivers decided whether to stay with wet tyres or change to slicks.
- He didn't have much time in the car before the race and going out on slicks in those conditions was a real test,’ reckoned Lockie.
- The tires lacked the grip levels of the formerly used slicks, giving the machines ‘twitchy’ handling manners and making them extremely tricky and volatile to drive.
- It's never much fun driving over snow or ice on slicks, although I have gained a lot of experience and confidence in this sort of situation.
4North American informal A glossy magazine. 〈北美，非正式〉外表华丽内容肤浅的刊物 writing for any of the so-called slicks was considered selling out Example sentencesExamples - Similarly the original story appeared in a slick in 1933.
- Although the stories are not his best work, he and his agent must have been pleased to receive the higher rates that the slicks were paying.
5North American informal A person who is smooth and persuasive but untrustworthy. Example sentencesExamples - Before, she allowed herself to be pulled like a wishbone by sponsors, agents and other corporate slicks.
- The employees in my opinion are fake, polished, phony smiling ear to ear corporate slicks - especially when taking your money.
verb slɪkslɪk 1with object and adverbial Make (one's hair) flat, smooth, and glossy by applying water, oil, or gel to it. （通过抹水、发油或发膏）使（头发）平服，使（头发）光滑，使（头发）滑溜 his damp hair was slicked back 他的潮湿头发往后梳压得光溜溜的。 Example sentencesExamples - Her straight chin length black hair was slicked back with water, and ended at the back of her neck.
- I slicked my hair back again, but this time a little less severely so.
- His black greased hair was slicked back and his eyes held black orbs staring angrily at the man in front of him.
- His hair is slicked back and he wears a golden watch.
- His hair was slicked back with gel, too much gel.
- His hair was cutely slicked back; his eyes were bright and glossy.
- He walked over to her, goofily slicking his hair back.
- I felt my eyes widen as he nervously slicked his hair down.
- He straightened his jacket and slicked his hair back.
- The water had slicked back Jess's hair, exposing the garish black-stitched scar by her left temple.
- His hair is slicked back in that obnoxious, macho way.
- His wavy silver hair was slicked back to better reveal his large and luminescent round blue eyes, which were at the moment centered on Katrina.
- To achieve this very elegant look a gel was applied to the hair and the hair was slicked as close to the head as possible.
- Those small boys still under any kind of parental control had pressed shorts and oil slicked hair.
- Then I slick my hair back and jump in the car waiting outside my apartment.
- His hair was slicked back, and he seemed to be busy.
- His face is scrubbed, his clothes are ironed and his hair is slicked down.
- His chestnut hair was slicked back, away from his face.
- His hair was slicked back and he was yammering away into a sleek cell phone in Italian.
- It was the heady days of the late 1980s, the days of sharp suits, slicked back hair and red braces over striped shirts.
Synonyms smooth, sleek, flatten plaster, grease, oil, gel informal smarm - 1.1 Cover with a film of liquid; make wet or slippery.
抹上薄薄一层液体；使潮湿，使顺滑 she woke to find her body slicked with sweat 她醒来发现身上全是汗水。 Example sentencesExamples - There is butter here, lots of it, and its liquid richness coats the dry-curd feta and slicks the crêpes.
- It's cold, but she guesses that's probably down more to the viscous sheen of sweat slicked across her body than to the weather itself.
- He appeared to have passed out, a thin sheen of sweat slicked all over his face.
- Grabbing a towel, I ran the cloth over my sweat slicked skin as I jogged towards the phone.
- Her bright red hair flew out behind her, and her pale sweat slicked skin and sea green eyes glistened in the setting sun.
- His body was sweat slicked and burning when she finally came back to earth.
- Sweat soon coated her forehead and slicked her arms as her skin slapped against the skin of strangers.
Synonyms spread, rub, daub, slap, slather, smother, plaster, cream
2slick someone/something upNorth American Make someone or something smart, tidy, or stylish. 〈北美〉打扮；修饰 dad groused about getting slicked up Example sentencesExamples - However, I can say after purposely firing multiple consecutive shots without swabbing the bore (under test conditions) that hot water slicked the rifle up to brand new in a few short minutes.
- If the rifle were my own I would have a gunsmith slick the trigger up a little.
- She slicked her hair up, did her makeup, and ran down the stairs.
- The gel ran through her fingers as she slicked her hair up.
- He resisted the temptation to slick the place up.
Derivativesadverb ˈslɪkli He is convinced that a slickly produced play reflecting the fascinating social and cultural environment of Central Australia could find a national and international audience. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Be a part of the revolution,’ says the slickly made ad.
- Jazz, Latin and classical stylings combine smoothly and slickly.
- She said many people, while comparing the earlier serials to the current slickly produced, colourful ones, found them dull.
- In general, be wary of slickly marketed software programs that make extravagant claims, whether they be to rid your computer of viruses or fix slow performance.
noun ˈslɪknəs The purpose of it came to bear in making this feature, where talking, movement, primitivity, some slickness, and a recognition of the power of music all had to play big. Example sentencesExamples - Still other people objected to some of the couples, while others just thought the unrelenting slickness and commercialism was too much.
- There is a warm humour and a sheer humanity in his plays that is worlds removed from the soulless slickness of most productions seen in the recent past.
- It's about context and usability, not just slickness or drama.
- They loathe designer slickness and gloss and love accidents, imperfections, discontinuities and visible signs of process.
OriginMiddle English (in the senses 'glossy' and 'make smooth or glossy'): probably from Old English and related to Old Norse slíkr 'smooth'; compare with sleek. Although it is not recorded until after the Norman Conquest, slick, originally meaning ‘glossy’ was probably in Old English as it is a Germanic word. The sense ‘plausible’ dates from the late 16th century; ‘skilful, adroit’ dates from the early 19th century. Sleek (Late Middle English) is a later variant of slick. Slight (Middle English) is related, for it originally meant ‘smooth’ although negative senses also exist in related languages. The sense ‘treat with disrespect’ is found from the late 16th century, from the earlier sense of ‘to level’. For sleekit
Rhymesartic, brick, chick, click, crick, flick, hand-pick, hic, hick, kick, lick, mick, miskick, nick, pic, pick, quick, rick, shtick, sic, sick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, Vic, wick Definition of slick in US English: slickadjectiveslikslɪk 1(of an action or thing) done or operating in an impressively smooth, efficient, and apparently effortless way. 娴熟的；熟练的 a slick piece of software Example sentencesExamples - It had become a very slick operation and everyone seemed delighted.
- Bolt operation is as slick and smooth as any factory rifle you're ever likely to encounter.
- The Foundling Hospital was, apart from anything else, an exceptionally slick operation.
- A slick piece of indie rock, it showcases Hayes' soulful voice through a string of songs tinged with sadness yet which are ultimately uplifting.
- It is a slick piece of work, more like a product of Madison Avenue than staid Capitol Hill.
- With his slick passing, perfect timing and ability to off-load in the tackle, he set up two of Jauzion's three tries.
- In times of sophisticated technological warfare, our military needs to be a highly-skilled, highly-trained and slick operation.
- Py's stagecraft, with its rolling trolleys, red curtains and golded frames like religious icons, is slick and efficient, but not dazzling.
- From a corporate sense, this is a slick piece of work.
- The champions were a class apart in this contest, and the unfortunate Salthill had no answers to their power, their swift movement or their slick passing.
- Brazil's slick passing game gathered pace, helped by Turkey's defensive errors, but the score was unchanged at halftime.
- Few anime operations have developed the slick marketing skills necessary to take on the giants of U.S. entertainment.
- The Hartlepool-born youngster has been capped by England at under-18 level and is noted for his slick passing.
- The five-speed manual gearbox is pretty nifty, slick and smooth to use.
- The ergonomics of the grip are just right and the no-grip-screw installation is slick efficient and innovative.
- Today's pirates are slick professional operations filling Britain's airwaves with everything from street music to extreme political messages.
- The slick bolt operation, short bolt lift and bolt throw and smooth in-line feeding made for fast follow-up shots.
- There's not one slick piece of editing or camera work that doesn't serve the story.
- It was a slick, professional operation, alright.
- The game features a fairly slick damage location model, allowing you to blow the heads and limbs off zombies with well-aimed shots.
Synonyms efficient, smooth, smooth-running, polished, well organized, well run, streamlined - 1.1 Smooth and superficially impressive but insincere or shallow.
the brands are backed by slick advertising 这些品牌有华美的广告做后盾。 Example sentencesExamples - Mass amounts of this innocuous beverage flooded the market and, backed by slick advertising campaigns and the lure of good cheap wine, few could resist the bait.
- Far from being slick and superficial, it is, he says, a natural empathy with the listener which wins their sympathy and support and shows the best side of the politician.
- I knew that the biotechnology industry had been pouring money into opposing the initiative with slick advertisements and tricky sound bites.
- Please don't abandon that heritage in the interest of a slick format and additional advertising space.
- Many believe that revival comes through slick advertisements and extensive planning.
- We can spend our lives dallying in false advertising and slick brochures about barren land and cheap trinkets and never for a moment wince at the dishonesty of it.
- Cosmetic surgeons can find themselves in similar situations when they mix professional credibility with slick advertising.
- In the bid to eliminate the estate tax, anti-repeal forces have used slick advertising, explicit falsehoods and deception.
- But this effort is based on action, not slick advertising.
- They spend big on advertising and have a slick website that lets people either choose from a range of preconfigured systems or design their own.
- Concentrate on the content and information presentation as opposed to advertising and slick sales copy.
- Sarah is too smart to be taken in by the humble doorstep salesman, too cynical to fall for slick advertising patter.
- We encounter the photos like magazine advertisements, or slick campaign billboards selling women's perfume or trips to happier places than Sofia.
- Shoppers are being warned not to be suckered into buying computers and other IT gear just on the back of slick advertising.
- Don't be fooled by the slick advertising and deceptively impressive hardware and launch titles.
- He makes use of slick advertising, juiced-up commercial colors, and spanking-clean light.
- Toy sellers say scenes of desperate dads fighting over limited edition action figures hyped by slick advertising campaigns have also been uncommon this year.
- With enough money in the war chest, the conventional wisdom goes, populist approval can be won with slick advertising.
- Yet it is never slick or glib; instead, it exudes a guileless, homespun warmth.
Synonyms glib, smooth, fluent, plausible, neat, pat, superficial
2(of skin or hair) smooth and glossy. （皮肤，头发）光滑的，有光泽的 a dandy-looking dude with a slick black ponytail 服饰华丽留着乌黑发亮马尾辫的花花公子。 Example sentencesExamples - At supper she grinned at her stepfather, who triumphantly swept back his slick hair.
- I wear my slick black hair in an elastic band threaded with red dice charms.
- His straight slick hair shone like silver in the moonlight.
- Maria soon returned with her father, a burly man with a curled black mustache and slick hair.
- He was tall with black, slick hair and brown eyes.
Synonyms shiny, glossy, shining, sleek, smooth, silky, silken - 2.1 (of a surface) smooth, wet, and slippery.
（表面）光滑的，滑溜的 she tumbled back against the slick, damp wall 她跌跌撞撞退了回来靠在了光滑潮湿的墙上。 Example sentencesExamples - It skidded across the slick surface and fell off the other side with a sickly thunk.
- We get out and shuffle cautiously on the slick surface.
- Dark clouds loomed over the lake, and the first drops of rain hit with fat plops on the slick surface.
- The few other people that were there watched in confusion as he soared across the slick surface and crashed into the wall.
- They are not aware that the cold weather has created a slick surface in the shade of a toolbox.
Synonyms slippery, slithery, wet, greasy, oily, icy, glassy, smooth
nounslikslɪk 1An oil slick. 浮油 Example sentencesExamples - Just as frightening, and equally lethal, is the summer equivalent - a slick of engine oil on the road and a slight drizzle on top.
- Nicholls was competing in France in 2002 when the slick from the oil tanker Prestige hit the beach.
- The slick couldn't have happened at a worst time as the ‘tourist season’ has arrived and with a dirty beach they fear losing business revenue.
- They were covered head to toe in crude oil from a massive slick that had formed over the site of the sinking.
- A Thai Navy helicopter was used to identify the extent of the oil spill and the direction that currents were carrying the slick.
- I informed the pilot there was a large slick of engine oil down the starboard pylon.
- When they spotted an oil/petrol slick, the area was marked.
- In the last couple of days new slicks have been spotted off the northern coast of Asturias and the area has been put on high alert.
- ‘We're monitoring the evolution of the slicks both where the tanker sank as well as around the coast of Galicia,’ he said.
- Vice Admiral Jamnong said that patrol boats have been relocated to patrol the area and helicopters are flying twice a day to report on the movements of the slick.
- On Friday, with a 50 ft crack in the hull trailing a 10-mile slick, the Greek captain was arrested.
2A small smear or patch of a glossy or wet substance, especially a cosmetic. 一抹，小片涂饰（尤指化妆品） 一轻抹润唇膏。 Example sentencesExamples - This food comes minus the usual slicks of oil and unnatural colourings.
- A slick of coral larvae encounters pumice (or bottles or other flotsam), and the larvae settle on it as a new home.
- Blot the whole lip area again and top with a slick of gloss.
- A strong, glossy slick of Serra cheese was similar to Vacherin and the marinated sea bass was sharp and fresh and ceviche-like.
- The sky was criss-crossed with vapour trails, and blue but for a dark slick that started from some high heather burning and had spread miles, a dirty line just above the horizon of the North York Moors.
- Then soften the effect with a creamlike slick of olive oil and slip in a surprise bomb of pale lychee fruit, all insinuating sweetness and perfume.
- Reassuringly the leaves are dressed correctly, by being turned with the slick of creamy sauce in a big stainless steel bowl.
- The days of the innocent slick of lipstick are over since the newest formulations work far better.
- Impeccably fresh sardines cooked in pancetta do not need a slick of oil seeping from a curiously flavourless salsa verde.
- The soup had the light, creamy texture of melted ice cream and left a pleasing slick of richness down the back of my throat.
- There was an oily slick on top and far too many noodles, flabbily over - cooked.
- If you do feel your blood pressure starting to rise, simply slap on a slick of stress-relieving peppermint oil lip gloss.
- She insists I try the sorbet made from her favourite Meyer lemons and then the vanilla panna cotta with slices of kumquat in a slick of sweet local honey.
3usually slicksA race car or bicycle tire without a tread, for use in dry weather conditions. （干燥天气时用的赛车或自行车的）花纹磨光轮胎 Example sentencesExamples - It's never much fun driving over snow or ice on slicks, although I have gained a lot of experience and confidence in this sort of situation.
- This produced frantic activity on the grid as drivers decided whether to stay with wet tyres or change to slicks.
- I went to the back of the car and looked at the slicks with great concern and said, ‘Yep, they look pretty good to me.’
- The tires lacked the grip levels of the formerly used slicks, giving the machines ‘twitchy’ handling manners and making them extremely tricky and volatile to drive.
- He didn't have much time in the car before the race and going out on slicks in those conditions was a real test,’ reckoned Lockie.
4North American informal A glossy magazine. 〈北美，非正式〉外表华丽内容肤浅的刊物 Example sentencesExamples - Although the stories are not his best work, he and his agent must have been pleased to receive the higher rates that the slicks were paying.
- Similarly the original story appeared in a slick in 1933.
5North American informal A person who is smooth and persuasive but untrustworthy. Example sentencesExamples - The employees in my opinion are fake, polished, phony smiling ear to ear corporate slicks - especially when taking your money.
- Before, she allowed herself to be pulled like a wishbone by sponsors, agents and other corporate slicks.
verbslikslɪk 1with object and adverbial Make (one's hair) flat, smooth, and glossy by applying water, oil, or cream to it. （通过抹水、发油或发膏）使（头发）平服，使（头发）光滑，使（头发）滑溜 his damp hair was slicked back 他的潮湿头发往后梳压得光溜溜的。 as adjective in combination his slicked-down hair Example sentencesExamples - Then I slick my hair back and jump in the car waiting outside my apartment.
- I felt my eyes widen as he nervously slicked his hair down.
- His hair was slicked back with gel, too much gel.
- His black greased hair was slicked back and his eyes held black orbs staring angrily at the man in front of him.
- His hair is slicked back and he wears a golden watch.
- He straightened his jacket and slicked his hair back.
- His hair was slicked back, and he seemed to be busy.
- His wavy silver hair was slicked back to better reveal his large and luminescent round blue eyes, which were at the moment centered on Katrina.
- He walked over to her, goofily slicking his hair back.
- The water had slicked back Jess's hair, exposing the garish black-stitched scar by her left temple.
- To achieve this very elegant look a gel was applied to the hair and the hair was slicked as close to the head as possible.
- His face is scrubbed, his clothes are ironed and his hair is slicked down.
- His chestnut hair was slicked back, away from his face.
- His hair is slicked back in that obnoxious, macho way.
- I slicked my hair back again, but this time a little less severely so.
- It was the heady days of the late 1980s, the days of sharp suits, slicked back hair and red braces over striped shirts.
- His hair was cutely slicked back; his eyes were bright and glossy.
- Those small boys still under any kind of parental control had pressed shorts and oil slicked hair.
- Her straight chin length black hair was slicked back with water, and ended at the back of her neck.
- His hair was slicked back and he was yammering away into a sleek cell phone in Italian.
- 1.1 Cover with a film of liquid; make wet or slippery.
抹上薄薄一层液体；使潮湿，使顺滑 she woke to find her body slicked with sweat 她醒来发现身上全是汗水。 as adjective in combination a rain-slicked road Example sentencesExamples - His body was sweat slicked and burning when she finally came back to earth.
- Sweat soon coated her forehead and slicked her arms as her skin slapped against the skin of strangers.
- It's cold, but she guesses that's probably down more to the viscous sheen of sweat slicked across her body than to the weather itself.
- There is butter here, lots of it, and its liquid richness coats the dry-curd feta and slicks the crêpes.
- Grabbing a towel, I ran the cloth over my sweat slicked skin as I jogged towards the phone.
- Her bright red hair flew out behind her, and her pale sweat slicked skin and sea green eyes glistened in the setting sun.
- He appeared to have passed out, a thin sheen of sweat slicked all over his face.
Synonyms spread, rub, daub, slap, slather, smother, plaster, cream
2slick someone/something upNorth American Make someone or something smart, tidy, or stylish. 〈北美〉打扮；修饰 Example sentencesExamples - If the rifle were my own I would have a gunsmith slick the trigger up a little.
- The gel ran through her fingers as she slicked her hair up.
- He resisted the temptation to slick the place up.
- She slicked her hair up, did her makeup, and ran down the stairs.
- However, I can say after purposely firing multiple consecutive shots without swabbing the bore (under test conditions) that hot water slicked the rifle up to brand new in a few short minutes.
OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘glossy’ and ‘make smooth or glossy’): probably from Old English and related to Old Norse slíkr ‘smooth’; compare with sleek. |