Word · Frequency #14127
slick
油膜；浮油
a thin layer of liquid, especially oil, on a surface or on water
- 1.
A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
液体覆盖层,尤指油膜
- 2.
a slippery smoothness
滑溜的光滑
- 3.
Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
狡猾且不可信的人
- 4.
a magazine printed on good quality paper
用优质纸张印刷的杂志
- 5.
A tool used to make something smooth or even.
使某物光滑或平整的工具
- 6.
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
浮在水面上的油膜或垃圾
- 7.
A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
胎面光滑的轮胎(无花纹),常用于赛车
- 8.
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.
供印刷商使用的照相制版图像
- 9.
A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
细木工用宽凿
滑溜；光滑；狡猾的人；滑头；铜版纸杂志；高档杂志；光头胎；光面轮胎；抹平工具；刮平工具
In use
The oil slick spread quickly across the water, covering the beach in black.
Cleanup crews worked through the night to break up the slick before it reached the shoreline.
Several small slicks of oil floated on the pond after the heavy rain.
Connections
Collocations
- oil slick
- 浮油；油膜
- The oil slick from the damaged tanker spread across the bay.受损油轮泄漏的浮油在海湾中蔓延开来。
- racing slick
- 赛车光头胎
- The driver switched to racing slicks when the track dried.赛道变干后，车手换上了赛车光头胎。
- slick of ice
- 一层薄冰
- A slick of ice on the sidewalk made the morning walk dangerous.人行道上的一层薄冰使早晨的步行变得危险。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
slick 以 sl- 开头，联想 slip（滑）：海面浮油让船打滑，slick 就是那层滑腻的油膜。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reports、environmental discussions、maritime operations 作名词指“油膜、浮油”时（常与 oil 连用为 oil slick），属于中性词，多用于新闻报道、环保或海事场景；日常口语中较少单独使用。
Grammar Note
常用作可数名词，尤指水面上的一层油膜或垃圾膜
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 slick (/slɪk/) 押韵：stick, click, tick, sick, quick, thick。注意拼写相似的词如 slice (/slaɪs/)、slide (/slaɪd/)、slim (/slɪm/)、slip (/slɪp/) 并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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