streamline

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
  2. On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
动词 v.
  1. To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid. transitive
    — The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.
  2. To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency. broadly,transitive
    — The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them.
  3. To modernize. transitive

词形变化

streamlines plural streamlines present,singular,third-person streamlining participle,present streamlined participle,past streamlined past

词汇关系

反义词
destreamline
衍生词
hyperstreamline restreamline streamlinable unstreamline
相关词
streakline pathline streamstyle

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English stream
Middle French lignerbor.
English line
English streamline
From stream + line.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English stream
Middle French lignerbor.
English line
English streamline
From stream + line.
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