• vt. 把…做成流線型；使現(xiàn)代化；組織；使合理化；使簡(jiǎn)單化
• n. 流線；流線型
• adj. 流線型的

stream,流動(dòng)，line,線條。

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."

1. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.

他們正努力精簡(jiǎn)本來(lái)繁冗復(fù)雜的官僚體制。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. We must streamline our methods.

我們必須簡(jiǎn)化方法.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. I wear these trunks because they have a streamline effect in the water.

我穿這條游泳褲因?yàn)樗谒杏辛骶€效果。

來(lái)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業(yè)務(wù)的IBM公司明確表示需要繼續(xù)進(jìn)行精簡(jiǎn)，以提高效率。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.

任何通過(guò)它的液體或氣體將呈流線型的流動(dòng).

來(lái)自辭典例句