| 单词 | slick up |
| 例句 | No one had, and Lizzie slicked up the tree, her feet finding the branches easily. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Around seven-thirty, dressed and slicked up, I stuck my head outside my door to see if either of the Yoshotos were on the prowl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Fred wasn’t great about remembering to slick up his pits in the morning. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Save for a golf course where the moneyed hit balls oceanside and a high-ticket office with the usual mausoleum marble, the locations are often homey, sometimes downright homely, textured rather than slicked up. | 'The Lincoln Lawyer': Operating on the Margins of Pay-to-Play Justice 2011-03-17T22:43:00Z It’s an enjoyable thrill ride, slicked up with a thin veneer of Asking the Big Questions. “Prometheus”: Ridley Scott’s dazzling, sci-fi spectacle 2012-06-06T20:09:00Z After the American missed a gate about 10 seconds into her first race in Beijing, another skier, Sarah Schleper, said: “It was so slick up top, she just lost her edge.” Winter Olympic sports can put athletes on the (literal) edge 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z “It was a little slick up there but I was able to get it and hold him off from there. I can’t believe it.” Larson wins 2nd NASCAR All-Star race, this one in Texas 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z I stop to remember another dancer from Orange who cared so much about his smooth moves that he carried a film canister full of wax around to slick up the wood beneath his feet. Counting the lives lost to COVID-19, not by the numbers 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z The spectacle of 2-year-olds on the track, all slicked up before a race, is seductive. Opinion | These Horses Are Too Young to Die 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Greene, a short, trim man with his hair slicked up, ignored the stage and microphone and stood close to his audience. The Birth-Tissue Profiteers 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Appropriately for Seattle, a mist slicks up the cobblestone he’s standing on, forcing him to pull a sweatshirt’s hood over his cleanly shorn head. Old Volvos are an object of affection in Seattle, where drivers tend to hate driving 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z It looks as if they are anxious that art collectors don’t get the point of art from 500 years ago unless it is slicked up and made “new”. James Franco's lubed-up riff on Renaissance art is an embarrassment 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The man’s hair was slicked up like a rooster’s crown, and the shirt was all wrong. The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Good news for people who like rain: There’s a good chance of it this afternoon, slicking up your evening commute. New York Today: The City Abloom 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z They were slicking up for the once a fortnight twenty-four-hour party. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z Hank Dayton had been “slicked up,” and had his two sturdy mules in readiness. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z His chums were busy about camp, cleaning their guns, bringing in wood or water, and “slicking up” generally, and so paid little attention to Ned. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z "You'd better send along and ask her to make slick up here," said Mr. Henry, as darkness closed about them. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z He had donned a fresh shirt, ahead of time, and evidently had tried to slick up generally. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z When I had staked out my pony, I went in and slicked up some. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z The visitor sat down, after telling Childs that the sailor's mother need not stop to "slick up" before he was admitted. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z She was a gaunt-looking woman with hair slicked up so tight under her stiff straw hat that it looked as though it must hurt. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z "Well, you've got it slicked up here, nice!" was Mr. Purcell's declaration when he had come in and deposited the little trunk on the floor, and could look around him. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z He was all slicked up in his store clothes and looked very different to what he had that day in the summer. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z Everywhere we went Mrs. Pillig followed with dust pan and broom, slicking up behind us. The Idyl of Twin Fires As soon as I am back in my cell I remove my cap and coat and “slick up” for dinner. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York To-morrow we are to have monthly inspection, everything being "slicked up" in preparation. An Artilleryman's Diary I must slick up," I announced, "if we are going into society. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Indeed! had she not seen the slicking up, the rigging and the putting about to make herself fine? Maid Sally He said we must slick up our swords and guns, and get ready. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade He was a real torrid proposition when he did slick up. Side-stepping with Shorty While we were slicking up the dishes I got to chuckling and Jim began to blush and look foolish. Cupid's Middleman Then he walked out to his sleeping-quarters in the rear of the store and "slicked up a bit," during which process he took several drinks from another bottle which was stowed conveniently there. Mystery Ranch Mr. Homer's tickled to death to have him there, and they've got the place slicked up so you wouldn't know it. Mrs. Tree Tim went inside and slicked up a bit by buttoning and lacing his clothes and combing his rebellious hair. The Pathless Trail I’d just slicked up the big front room upstairs and I seen to it that he had everything all right. Our Next-Door Neighbors "I wish I had time to slick up a bit." They of the High Trails And finally, just as mornin' was breakin,' the bows of the floats slid easy and slick up on a hard, sandy beach. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Skin slicked up, hair fixed to the style, nails trimmed an' shined. Rimrock Trail “Well, boys,” said Mead, “I’m goin’ to my room to slick up. With Hoops of Steel Looks kinder pooty to see flowers round; ye see, kinder slicks up a room like. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others I am good-looking, honest, if I was slicked up a little.” Penny of Top Hill Trail Don't you think it 'd be better to be a civil engineer or something like that, instead of having to slick up your hair and carry a cane? The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Course, he’s slicked up some fancy, and he’s smokin’ a good cigar; but you couldn’t improve any on the cheerful countenance he used to carry around, even when he was up against it hardest. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Lize came in half an hour later, pathetic in her attempt at “slicking up.” Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West If she could get a little stronger, she intended to do two things: to slick up the place a bit, and to go on a visit to Jane O'Grady's up near the black bridge. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation Better slick up a bit, though, before going to table, Little. Gold Out of Celebes The floor was dirty—very dirty—and was never slicked up from one week's end to another. Bird Stories Nothing looked natural—but some things weren't exactly 'slicked up,' Mr. Tim. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch Seventy-five of them slicked up and marched to the Rev. Dr. Morgan's church, where the reverend gentleman was going to deliver a sermon on temperance. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 The skipper washed and "slicked up" as well as he could. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. "I suppose I shall have to go to court, father," said Nick, "and I guess I had better go up stairs and slick up a little." Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi There is good trouting within an hour's walk for those who choose, and there is some interest, with a little exercise, in cooking and cutting night wood, slicking up, etc. Woodcraft Without waiting for his supper, he “slicked up,” as he called it, and went at once to the village, where he learned the bitter truth. Marcia Schuyler Then I slicks up a bit at a Turkish bath and at 7:25 I'm waitin' with the biggest taxi I can find in front of Bonnie's hotel. Torchy and Vee Now if you give me time I can slick up an answer so it'll sound like the truth and mean something else; but as an offhand liar I'm a frost. Torchy Here's Lute, teacher!" cried Harvey; "he wouldn't come in 'cause he wasn't slicked up. Cape Cod Folks You two just go at the camp; clean the snow off and slick up the inside. Woodcraft "How we are slicked up!" he exclaimed, "and it isn't Sunday, either!" Baby Pitcher's Trials Little Pitcher Stories The cowboys were out "on parade," as Mr. Endicott expressed it, and each wore his best riding outfit, and had his horse and trappings "slicked up" to the last degree. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret The women need a chance to wash their faces and slick up a little. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy Dane slicked up the galley, trying to put things away as neatly as Mura kept them. Plague Ship "Well, it's slicked up all it could be on such short notice," said the skipper. Hills of the Shatemuc "Seems to me this room looks all slicked up," said Levine. Lydia of the Pines Pete was not displeased, for he wanted to shave and "slick up a bit" after his long journey. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River They made it real nice, too, and slicked up considerable. Clover So we all slicked up pretty well to humor him. "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" They'll slick up a better place for you than we could fix up in this here little hulk. Hills of the Shatemuc She whitened her neck and arms with liquid powder, and slicked up her brown hair daringly smooth and flat. Love Stories Though folks don't generally mistrust it when I'm slicked up. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 Seventy-five of them slicked up and marched to the Rev. Dr. Morgan’s church, where the reverend gentleman was going to deliver a sermon on Temperance. Peck's Compendium of Fun It is on August 27th, in the evening, that the crew, all slicked up in their Sunday-go-to-meetings, draw us up on the beach of the City in the Silences, this Past-in-the-arms-of-the-Present,—Vermilion-on-the-Peace. The New North The fellows said I'd have to slick up a bit if I was a-comin' to see you, so as not to make you ashamed of me. Polly of the Circus "Yes; and as he's come in a carriage, you'd better slick up a little; put on a clean cap or something." Paul Prescott's Charge So in a little while I slicked up some and went on around to her house. Ruggles of Red Gap My vote is that we put it in the crack there and slick up around here so nobody can know what's been afoot. The Devil's Admiral We went slick up to his den, where he put a box of famous cigars by my side, and a box of chessmen and a board in front. Canada for Gentlemen Now, I have held the mirror to these fellows to see themselves in, and it has scared them so they have shaved slick up, and made themselves look decent. Nature and Human Nature "I might have slicked up a bit," he acknowledged, lamely; "but when you came, I forgot everything else." The Silver Horde Well, come on in, Mr. Gwynne, and slick up a bit. Viola Gwyn The English of the Annex has been slicked up by a very industrious and painstaking hand—but it was not Mrs. Eddy's. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Even the stores began to "slick up" and arrange their miscellaneous notions more attractively, and one of them boldly put in a window a placard, "Latest New York Style." That Fortune We were just guyin' him about—about gettin' slicked up, kind of, because he at in front of you; and he hit me with his book strap and I chased him off. Ramsey Milholland Mother was always a great one for keepin' things slicked up," he added, apologetically, "and I—I kind of like to think 'twould please her. Shavings And finally, just as mornin' was breakin', the bows of the floats slid easy and slick up on a hard, sandy beach. The Depot Master |
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