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streak1 n 1. a long thin mark, stripe, or trace of some contrasting colour 2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a. (of lightning) a sudden flash b. (as modifier) streak lightning 3. an element or trace, as of some quality or characteristic 4. a strip, vein, or layer fatty streaks 5. a short stretch or run, esp of good or bad luck 6. (Earth Sciences / Minerals) Mineralogy the powdery mark made by a mineral when rubbed on a hard or rough surface: its colour is an important distinguishing characteristic 7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) Bacteriol the inoculation of a solid culture medium by drawing a wire contaminated with the microorganisms across it 8. Informal an act or the practice of running naked through a public place vb 1. (tr) to mark or daub with a streak or streaks 2. (intr) to form streaks or become streaked 3. (intr) to move rapidly in a straight line 4. (intr) Informal to run naked through a crowd of people in a public place in order to shock or amuse them [Old English strica, related to Old Frisian strike, Old High German strih, Norwegian, Swedish strika] streaked adj streaker n streaklike adj streak2 n (Transport / Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of strake [2]
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streak noun verb Translations streak [striːk] A. N B. VT → rayar (with de) streak [ˈstriːk] n (= line) [paint, mud, blood, dirt] → traînée f; [light] → raie f; (in hair) → mèche f to have streaks in one's hair → s'être fait faire des mèches (in character) → tendances fpl a streak of madness → un grain de folie to have a mean streak → avoir un fond de méchanceté (= run) → série f a lucky streak → une période de chance to be on a lucky streak → être en veine a winning streak → une série victorieuse to be on a winning streak [gambler] → être en veine; [team, sportsperson] → poursuivre sa série victorieuse a losing streak (for team, sportsperson) → une série de défaites; (for gambler) → une série de pertes vt → zébrer streak n → Streifen m; (of light) → Strahl m; (fig: = trace) → Spur f; (of jealousy, meanness etc) → Zug m; (of madness, humour) → Anflug m; streaks (in hair) → Strähnchen pl, → Strähnen pl; streak of lightning → Blitz(strahl) m; there was a streak of blood on his arm → eine Blutspur zog sich über seinen Arm; there is a streak of Spanish blood in her → sie hat spanisches Blut in den Adern; his lucky streak → seine Glückssträhne; a winning/losing streak → eine Glücks-/Pechsträhne; he’s got a mean streak → er hat einen gemeinen Zug (→ an sich (dat)); he went past like a streak (of lightning) → er sauste vorbei wie der Blitz vt → streifen; to be streaked → gestreift sein; the sky was streaked with red → der Himmel hatte rote Streifen; to have one’s hair streaked → sich (dat) → Streifen ins Haar färben lassen; hair streaked with blonde/grey → Haar mit blonden/grauen Strähnen; streaked with dirt → schmutzverschmiert; streaked with tears → tränenverschmiert; rock streaked with quartz → von Quarzadern durchzogener Stein streak [striːk] 1. n (line) → striscia, riga; (of mineral) → filone m, vena he had streaks of grey in his hair → aveva delle ciocche di capelli grigi to have streaks in one's hair → avere le mèches like a streak of lightning → come un fulmine to have a streak of madness → avere una vena di pazzia he had a cruel streak (in him) → c'era un che di crudele in lui lucky streak → periodo di fortuna a winning/losing streak → un periodo fortunato/sfortunato 2. vt → rigare, screziare, striare streaked with (tears) → rigato/a di (subj, sky) → striato/a di (clothes) → macchiato/a di 3. vi (move quickly) to streak away/across/past → allontanarsi/attraversare/passare come un fulmine; (run naked) → fare lo streaking streak [striːk] 1. n (line) → striscia, riga; (of mineral) → filone m, vena he had streaks of grey in his hair → aveva delle ciocche di capelli grigi to have streaks in one's hair → avere le mèches like a streak of lightning → come un fulmine to have a streak of madness → avere una vena di pazzia he had a cruel streak (in him) → c'era un che di crudele in lui lucky streak → periodo di fortuna a winning/losing streak → un periodo fortunato/sfortunato 2. vt → rigare, screziare, striare streaked with (tears) → rigato/a di (subj, sky) → striato/a di (clothes) → macchiato/a di 3. vi (move quickly) to streak away/across/past → allontanarsi/attraversare/passare come un fulmine; (run naked) → fare lo streaking n streak [striːk] 1 a long, irregular mark or stripe There was a streak of blood on her cheek; a streak of lightning. streep, merk, slag شَريط، خَط драскотина proužek, šmouha, čára (blesku) stribe der Streif(en) γραμμή, λωρίδα raya, veta, filón triip, vööt رگه juova filet פַּס धारी žica, pruga csík goresan lína, rák, strik striatura, striscia 筋 줄무늬, 선 brūkšnys, ruožas svītra jalur-jalur streep stripe, strek smuga risca dungă полоска; вспышка pás(ik); čiara proga pruga strimma, streck ริ้วลาย çizgi, şerit 條紋,一道 подряпина; смужка دھاری đường, sọc, vệt 条纹,一道 2 a trace of some quality in a person's character etc She has a streak of selfishness. trek نَزْعَه، مَيْل، مَسْحَه черта sklon (k) anstrøg die Spur τάση, ίχνος vena iseloomujoon خصلت häivähdys tendance à נְטִייָה वर्ण, रेखा, कस crta nyoma vminek sifat vottur, aðkenning vena, tocco 傾向 성향 bruožas rakstura iezīme sifat element trekk, anstrøk ślad, rysa traço înclinaţie către жилка sklon (k), črta (charakteru) nadih trag drag ลักษณะนิสัยของบุคคล yan, yön, nitelik 氣質 риса характеру کسی شخص کی کوءی نمایاں خصوصیت tính nết 气质 v 1 to mark with streaks Her dark hair was streaked with grey; The child's face was streaked with tears. gestreep يُخَطِّط нащарвам prokvétat; zkrápět gøre stribet streifen κάνω γραμμές, αυλακώνω rayar, surcar viirutama, vöötidega katma رگه دار كردن juovittaa sillonné de לַעֲשוֹת פָּסִים धारियां डालना, धारियां लगाना isprugati što csíkoz memberi goresan gera rákir á striare, rigare 筋をつける (줄무늬 모양의 ~)가 있다 nudryžuoti ievilkt svītras; iekrāsot berjalur strepen stripe, bli stripet przetykać, pokrywać raiar a brăzda испещрять (полосками) prekvitať; skropiť zaznamovati s progami išarati prugama göra strimmig (randig) ทำให้เป็นริ้วลาย yol yol leke yapmak; çizgilerle kaplamak 在...加上條紋 проводити смуги دھاریاں ڈالنا đánh dấu cái gì bằng những đường sọc, vệt 在...加上条纹 2 to move very fast The runner streaked round the racetrack. hol يَرْكُض بِسُرْعَه хуквам mihnout se stryge afsted flitzen τρέχω σαν αστραπή pasar como un rayo kihutama مثل برق رفتن kiitää passer comme un éclair לַנוּעַ בִמהִירוּת तेजी से आना-जाना juriti, proletjeti száguld berkelebat þjóta (andare come un lampo) 疾走する 매우 빨리 달리다 skuosti, lėkti drāzties; joņot cabut lari voorbij flitsen suse, stryke mknąć voar a se mişca repede мчаться mihnúť sa, trieliť drveti juriti rusa, susa ไปอย่างรวดเร็ว şimşek gibi gitmek 疾馳 мигтіти; промайнути بہت تیزی سے چلنا di chuyển rất nhanh 疾驰 adj streaky marked with streaks. gestreep مُخَطَّط، مُعَرَّق на ивици pruhovaný stribet gestreift ριγωτός, ραβδωτός con mechas, no uniforme vöödiline رگه دار juovikas marbré מְפוּספַּס धारिदार, लहरिया prošaran, prugast csíkos bertanda goresan rákóttur striato, venato 筋のついた 줄무늬로 된, 줄 무늬가 있는 dryžuotas, sluoksniuotas svītrains; kārtains berjalur gestreept stripet prążkowany, w smugi listrado vărgat, dungat полосатый; с прослойками pruhovaný progast išaran prugama strimmig, randig เป็นลาย çizgili, yollu 有條紋的 смугастий; з прошарками دھاری دار đầy những vết sọc 有条纹的 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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