slick
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++slick1 /slɪk/ adjective 1 PERSUADEif something is slick, it is done in a skilful and attractive way and seems expensive, but it often contains no important or interesting ideas 徒有其表的，华而不实的 a slick Hollywood production 一部场面恢宏但内容肤浅的好莱坞电影 slick advertising 虚华的广告 The presentation was very slick. 这个展示会非常华而不实。2 PERSUADEif someone is slick, they are good at persuading people, often in a way that does not seem honest 油嘴滑舌的，巧舌如簧的 a slick used-car salesman 油嘴滑舌的二手车推销员3 DO WELLEFFECTIVEdone smoothly and quickly 熟练的，灵巧的 He got round the defender using some slick footwork. 他用灵巧的步法突破了后卫的防守。4 SLIDEsmooth and slippery 光滑的，滑溜的slick with Cars were sliding off roads that were slick with rain. 很多汽车滑出因下雨而湿滑的道路。5. GOOD/EXCELLENT American English old-fashioned very good or attractive 很好的；吸引人的 —slickly adverb —slickness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
slick• I don't trust her. She's too slick.• As we all know, nomatterhow slick and glossy a campaign, it will never sell the unsellable.• The gear change is slick and rapid.• She forgets the steals, the rebounds, the slick ballhandling.• Scores of new titles, with slick covers and graphics, fill the shelves.• Printed in the shrill neons of commercial art, these leering posters document the slick, creeping hucksterism of contemporary life.• Thanks to O'Neil's slick fielding, the Giants won 3-1.• The going was steep and treacherously slick in places, and Paige had all her concentration centred on staying upright.• He's got a bunch of slick lawyers to get him out of paying the $11 million he owes us.• They couldn't climb up the slick lime walls of the pit.• Not up on my tribes, I reckon, but you can tell him it was a slick operation.• slick paper• It's so slick you could be forgiven for thinking it's a close-ratio box.slick with• Cars were sliding off roads that were slick with snow.slick2 noun [countable] 1. TTR (also oil slick)SLIDE an area of oil on the surface of water or on a road 〔水面或路面的〕浮油，油层，油膜2. American EnglishTCN a magazine printed on good-quality paper with a shiny surface, usually with a lot of colour pictures 精美杂志 指用优质有光纸印刷并有大量彩色图片的杂志〕 SYN glossy magazine3. TTCDS technical a smooth car tyre used for racing 〔赛车的〕磨光轮胎Examples from the Corpus
slick• Below a slick of oil hovered clouds of undissolved cream.• He said oil slicks from the stricken leviathan still sometimes marred the bay.• Children were swimming in the canal amid shimmering oil slicks while their fathers fished from their living rooms.• This problem to some extent overshadowed the oil slick as an environmental issue.• The stench of the fuel floated above the pond Monday and rainbow slicks could be seen near its mouth.• The Domesday Group had also predicted the terrible slime slick to which Slampacker was referring.• The slick is one of the largest, and potentially most damaging, ever to have been recorded.slick3 verb 1 slick something ↔ down/back phrasal verb SHINYto make hair smooth and shiny by putting oil, water etc on it 〔抹上油、水等〕使〔头发〕光滑发亮 His hair had been combed back and slicked down with something to make it neat. 他的头发往后梳，而且还抹了什么东西，显得油亮齐整。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
slick• He painted it with several coats of varnish to slick it up.• The rain grew heavier, slicking the ground.• Saunders' body was twitching violently as his blood leaked out in dying jets, slicking the walkway.From Longman Business Dictionaryslickslick /slɪk/ adjective1a slick person uses clever talk to persuade people to do something, especially in a way that does not seem honest or sincerea slick investment bankerThe public sometimes view the salesperson as being a slick fast-talking confidence trickster.2cleverly made and attractive, but often not containing any important or interesting ideasThe agency has a reputation for producing work that is slick and classy.slick advertising brochuresis and done Business Corpus if something in a it slick, is skilful
slick
slick1 /slɪk/ 
adjective
1. if something is slick, it is done in a skilful and attractive way and seems expensive, but it often contains no important or interesting ideas:
a slick Hollywood production
slick advertising
The presentation was very slick.
2. if someone is slick, they are good at persuading people, often in a way that does not seem honest:
a slick used-car salesman
3. done smoothly and quickly:
He got round the defender using some slick footwork.
4. smooth and slippery
slick with
Cars were sliding off roads that were slick with rain.
5. American English old-fashioned very good or attractive
—slickly adverb
—slickness noun [uncountable]
slick2 noun [countable]
1. (also oil slick) an area of oil on the surface of water or on a road
2. American English a magazine printed on good-quality paper with a shiny surface, usually with a lot of colour pictures
SYN glossy magazine
3. technical a smooth car tyre used for racing
slick3 verb
slick something ↔ down/back phrasal verb
to make hair smooth and shiny by putting oil, water etc on it:
His hair had been combed back and slicked down with something to make it neat.
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adjective1. if something is slick, it is done in a skilful and attractive way and seems expensive, but it often contains no important or interesting ideas:
2. if someone is slick, they are good at persuading people, often in a way that does not seem honest:
3. done smoothly and quickly:
4. smooth and slippery
slick with
5. American English old-fashioned very good or attractive
—slickly adverb
—slickness noun [uncountable]
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noun [countable]1. (also oil slick) an area of oil on the surface of water or on a road
2. American English a magazine printed on good-quality paper with a shiny surface, usually with a lot of colour pictures
SYN glossy magazine
3. technical a smooth car tyre used for racing
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verbslick something ↔ down/back phrasal verb
to make hair smooth and shiny by putting oil, water etc on it:
sometimes
sometimes