oil slick

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ˈoil slick noun [countable]  TPGTTWa large area of oil floating on the surface of the sea or a river 〔海上或河面上的〕大面积浮油 SYN slick →4  See picture of 见图 oil slick

Examples from the Corpus

oil slick• Oil slick prompts no-fishing zone Fishermen have introduced a voluntary ban on fishing in the area surrounding the Shetland oil slick.• Her coffee had an oil slick on top.• The race ended in chaos when three riders drove into an oil slick and skidded off.• Their task will be to help otters and seals which have been contaminated by the seven mile long oil slick.• This problem to some extent overshadowed the oil slick as an environmental issue.

ˈoil slick nounChineseSyllable  

floating area the large surface of on a the oil of Corpus

oil slick
ˈoil slick noun [countable]
a large area of oil floating on the surface of the sea or a river
   SYN  slick

oil slickBrE /ˈɔɪl slɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔɪl slɪk/ 🔊 noun = slick (1)