streamline
英 ['striːmlaɪn]
美['strimlaɪn]
- vt. 把…做成流线型；使现代化；组织；使合理化；使简单化
- n. 流线；流线型
- adj. 流线型的
词态变化
第三人称单数: streamlines;过去式: streamlined;现在分词: streamlining;
中文词源
streamline 使成流线型
stream,流动，line,线条。
英文词源
- 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."
双语例句
- 1. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
- 他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We must streamline our methods.
- 我们必须简化方法.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. I wear these trunks because they have a streamline effect in the water.
- 我穿这条游泳裤因为它在水中有流线效果。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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业务的IBM公司明确表示需要继续进行精简，以提高效率。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.
- 任何通过它的液体或气体将呈流线型的流动.
来自辞典例句
