STREAK | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of streak – Learner’s Dictionary

streak
noun [ C ]
uk
/striːk/
us

streak noun [C] (MARK)

streak noun [C] (QUALITY)

a quality in someone's character, especially a bad one:
Tom has a mean/ruthless streak.
a winning/losing streak
a period of always winning/losing a game:
I'm on a winning streak.
streak
verb
uk
/striːk/
us
streak across/down/through, etc
The plane streaked across the sky.
be streaked with sth
to have thin lines of a different colour:
His dark hair was lightly streaked with grey.

(Definition of streak from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of streak

in Chinese (Traditional)
痕跡, 條紋, 條痕…
in Chinese (Simplified)
痕迹, 条纹, 条痕…
in Spanish
tira, mechón, raya [feminine…
in Portuguese
risca, sequência, linha [feminine]…
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in Ukrainian
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in Arabic
in Czech
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in Italian
(細い)線, 筋, しま…
uzun çizgi, uzunlamasına leke, şerit…
passer comme une flèche, strier, filet…
línia, veta, floc…
streep, element, strepen…
stribe, anstrøg, gøre stribet…
strimma, streck, drag…
jalur-jalur, sifat, berjalur…
der Streif(en), die Spur, streifen…
stripe [masculine], rekke [masculine], trekk [neuter]…
подряпина, смужка, риса характеру…
полоска, прядь, черта характера…
خَيْط رَفيع…
proužek, šmouha, čára (blesku)…
goresan, sifat, memberi goresan…
ริ้วลาย, ลักษณะนิสัยของบุคคล, ทำให้เป็นริ้วลาย…
đường, sọc, vệt…
smuga, pasemko, skłonność…
가닥…
striatura, fascia, striscia…
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