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Shaping a thing so that air or water slides past it instead of catching on it — the nose of a train, the body of a fish. Everything sticking out that would slow it down gets smoothed away. That same move, applied to a company or a process, is cutting out the steps that create drag.
可以想成：把一個東西修成讓空氣或水滑過去、而不是卡住的形狀——高鐵的車頭、魚的身體。凡是會拖慢速度的凸起都被磨平。同…更多收起
可以想成：把一個東西修成讓空氣或水滑過去、而不是卡住的形狀——高鐵的車頭、魚的身體。凡是會拖慢速度的凸起都被磨平。同一個動作用在公司或流程上，就是把那些造成阻力的多餘步驟拿掉。原始詞典資料5 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。
streamlinenoun/ˈstriːmlaɪn/
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsA line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
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climatologymeteorologynatural-sciencesOn a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
streamlineverb/ˈstriːmlaɪn/
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To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
- 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.
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To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
- The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them.
- This structure organizes and streamlines theme development to create a solid ground for themers (theme developers) to further build and extend, much like in object-oriented programming.
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To modernize.
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。