• n. 條紋，線條；傾向
• vi. 飛跑，疾駛；加上條紋
• vt. 飛跑，疾馳；加條紋于

來自古英語 strica,條紋，線痕，筆劃，來自 Proto-Germanic*strikon,輕觸，輕擊，來自 PIE*streig, 擊，打，刮，詞源同 strike,stroke.

改寫自 streek,快走，疾行，方言變體自 stretch,展開，伸長，來自古英語 streccan,展開，伸長。 詞義裸奔來自一則小故事，在 1973 年，美國馬里蘭大學突然出現了幾百人的裸奔隊伍，一 個記者偶然看到了這一幕，在報道時興奮的大叫：“They are streaking past me right now.It's an incredible sight.”原義要表達的是，“他們剛剛在我身邊跑過，真是一個難以置信的畫面”， 后隨著這則新聞報道的播出，有意無意的就賦予了該詞裸奔的含義。參照維基百科。

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.

他具有進入內閣所必需的冷酷性格。

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

一陣劇烈的疼痛傳遍了她的全身。

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

保羅身上無疑帶有清教徒氣質。

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

蘇珊和德博拉兩個人都極端自私和自我。

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

我們倆很像——都有點瘋。

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