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Covered in streaks — that is, in long thin lines or bands of a different colour, usually uneven and not on purpose. A window you cleaned badly is streaky; so is a mirror, a wall painted too , or hair that has been .
Covered in streaks滿是streaks（條紋）, that is也就是 in long thin lines or bands of a different colour一條條顏色不同的細長線條或色帶, usually uneven and not on purpose通常分佈不均，也不是故意弄成這樣的。A window you cleaned badly你沒擦乾淨的窗戶 is是 streakystreaky（有條紋的）; so is也一樣的還有 a mirror鏡子, a wall painted too thinly油漆刷太薄的牆, or hair that has been dyed unevenly或是染得不均勻的頭髮。
The word almost always carries a small complaint in it: streaky means patchy, not smooth, not done well. That is why for cleaning sprays and for fake tan promise "no streaks".
The word這個字 almost always carries a small complaint in it幾乎都帶著一點小抱怨的語氣: streaky meansstreaky的意思是 patchy一塊一塊不均勻, not smooth不平整, not done well也沒做好。That is why這就是為什麼 adverts for cleaning sprays and for fake tan清潔噴劑和助曬噴霧的廣告 promise都會強調 "no streaks"「no streaks」（不會有條紋）。
There are two uses worth knowing beyond that. In British food shops, "streaky bacon" is bacon with visible stripes of fat running through the meat — that one is just a description, with no complaint attached, and it is the normal name for the cut.
beyond that除此之外, there are two uses還有兩種用法 worth knowing值得知道。In British food shops在英國的食品店裡, "streaky bacon"「streaky bacon」 is bacon with visible stripes of fat running through the meat指的是肉裡帶有明顯油花紋路的培根 — that one is just a description這裡的用法純粹只是描述, with no complaint attached沒有任何抱怨的意思, and it is the normal name for the cut而且是這個部位培根的正式名稱。
And in British sports talk, a streaky player or a streaky team is one who is inconsistent: brilliant for a while, then poor for a while, in patches. (In American sports the same word points more to being on a hot run.) Forms: streaky, streakier, streakiest.
And in British sports talk而在英國的體育用語裡, a streaky player or a streaky team一個streaky的選手或球隊 is one who is inconsistent指的是表現忽好忽壞的人: brilliant for a while一下子表現很出色, then poor for a while一下子又表現很差, in patches時好時壞。In American sports在美式體育用語裡, the same word同一個字 points more to being on a hot run比較是指「手感正熱、連續發揮好」的狀態。Forms變化形: streaky, streakier, streakiststreaky、streakier、streakiest。
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
streakyadj/ˈstɹiːki/
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Having streaks.
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ball-gamescricketgamesUsed to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.
- Although the two added thirteen important runs, including four byes let through by Mongia and a streaky outside edge cum late-cut by Pollock for four, one didn't need to be blessed with gifts of insight to realise that Pollock's days at the crease were numbered.
- ...rather than hitting it with the middle of the bat, I jagged it off the inside edge and French-cut it over the top of the stumps for another four. That was the only streaky shot I can remember.
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Unpredictable, variable; having periods of good and bad (e.g. weather).
- […] to do his duty in the face of uncommonly streaky weather like a man.
- [Nebraska] has a reputation for streaky weather, long stretches of drouth and long seasons of rain.
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Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
- Jones has always been a streaky hitter
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archaicslangHaving periods of irritation or bad temper.
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesNot well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
- Two goals from Alexis Sánchez, the second a little streakier than the first, were enough to send Arsenal into a second successive FA Cup final, once again following extra time after being held over 90 minutes by a Championship side.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。