slick
A covering of liquid, particularly oilA covering of liquid, particularly oil.
» Tom had his hair slicked back.
Волосы у Тома были гладко зачёсаны назад.
Значення
значень: 11A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.
The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.
Schlick, Ölschlick, Ölteppich
разливrazliv, пятно́pjatnó, плёнкаpljónka
(США, ширше, застаріле)A rapidly-expanding ring of dark water, resembling an oil slick, around the site of a large underwater explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress through the water of the shock wave generated by the explosion.
Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
A tool used to make something smooth or even.
a trowel used to make a surface slick
A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.
сликslik
(США, сленг)A helicopter.
A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.
(сленг)A glossy magazine.
a magazine printed on good quality paper
A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
(сленг)In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
(сленг)A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
Приклади
речень: 26Tom had his hair slicked back.
ruВолосы у Тома были гладко зачёсаны назад.
Tom wears his hair slicked back.
That looks like an oil slick.
Watch out for that oil slick.
That was a pretty slick move.
Переклади
мов: 5За значеннями 2
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cFrom Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”).
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Форми
множина: slicksСиноніми
синонімів: 7- a magazine printed on good quality paper:slick magazineglossy
- a slippery smoothness:slicknessslipperinessslip