streak

• n. 条纹，线条；倾向
• vi. 飞跑，疾驶；加上条纹
• vt. 飞跑，疾驰；加条纹于

来自古英语 strica,条纹，线痕，笔划，来自 Proto-Germanic*strikon,轻触，轻击，来自 PIE*streig, 击，打，刮，词源同 strike,stroke.

改写自 streek,快走，疾行，方言变体自 stretch,展开，伸长，来自古英语 streccan,展开，伸长。 词义裸奔来自一则小故事，在 1973 年，美国马里兰大学突然出现了几百人的裸奔队伍，一 个记者偶然看到了这一幕，在报道时兴奋的大叫：“They are streaking past me right now.It's an incredible sight.”原义要表达的是，“他们刚刚在我身边跑过，真是一个难以置信的画面”， 后随着这则新闻报道的播出，有意无意的就赋予了该词裸奔的含义。参照维基百科。

streak

streak: [OE] Streak and strike are closely related. Both come from a prehistoric Germanic base *strik-, denoting ‘touch lightly’. But whereas the connotations of strike have become more violent, streak has moved semantically from the action to the effect it produced on a surface. Originally, in the Old English period, it denoted simply a ‘mark’, but by the 16th century it had narrowed down to a long thin mark. The use of the verb streak for ‘run naked through a public place’ dates from the early 1970s.
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streak (n.)

Old English strica "line of motion, stroke of a pen" (related to strican "pass over lightly"), from Proto-Germanic *strikon- (cognates: Middle Dutch streke, Dutch streek, Middle Low German streke "a stroke, line," Old High German, German strich, Gothic striks "a stroke, line"), from PIE root *streig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil; also strike (v.), stroke (v.)). Sense of "long, thin mark" is first found 1560s. Meaning "a temporary run (of luck)" is from 1843.

streak (v.2)

1768, "to go quickly, to rush, run at full speed," respelling (probably by association with streak (v.1)) of streek "to go quickly" (late 14c.), originally "to stretch oneself" (mid-13c.), a northern Middle English variant of stretch (v.). Related: Streaked; streaking.

streak (v.1)

"make streaks on" (transitive), 1590s, from streak (n.). Intransitive sense of "become streaked" is from 1870. Related: Streaked; streaking.

1. He had the ruthless streak necessary to carry him into the Cabinet.

他具有进入内阁所必需的冷酷性格。

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2. A violent streak of pain ripped through her whole body.

一阵剧烈的疼痛传遍了她的全身。

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3. Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him.

保罗身上无疑带有清教徒气质。

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4. Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.

苏珊和德博拉两个人都极端自私和自我。

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5. We're both alike—there is a streak of madness in us both.

我们俩很像——都有点疯。

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