streamline
英 ['stri?mla?n]
美['strimla?n]
- vt. 把…做成流線型；使現(xiàn)代化；組織；使合理化；使簡單化
- n. 流線；流線型
- adj. 流線型的
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?streamlines;過去式:?streamlined;現(xiàn)在分詞:?streamlining;
中文詞源
streamline 使成流線型
stream,流動(dòng)，line,線條。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
- 他們正努力精簡本來繁冗復(fù)雜的官僚體制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We must streamline our methods.
- 我們必須簡化方法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I wear these trunks because they have a streamline effect in the water.
- 我穿這條游泳褲因?yàn)樗谒杏辛骶€效果。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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業(yè)務(wù)的IBM公司明確表示需要繼續(xù)進(jìn)行精簡，以提高效率。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.
- 任何通過它的液體或氣體將呈流線型的流動(dòng).
來自辭典例句