- 1有條紋的、一條一條斑駁不均的（擦不乾淨的玻璃、上色不均的頭髮）；streaky bacon = 五花培根（帶油花的那種）
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 . 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". 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. 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.
組成streak (a long thin line or mark) + -y (full of, covered in). The -y ending turns a noun into a describing word: dust → dusty, rain → rainy, streak → streaky.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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.
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