1913, "give a streamline form to," from streamline (n.). From 1936 in the extended sense of "simplify and organize." Related: Streamlined; streamlining.
streamline (n.)
1868, "line drawn from point to point, so that its direction is everywhere that of the motion of the fluid" [Lamb, "Hydrodynamics," 1906], from stream (n.) + line (n.). The adjective is attested from 1898, "free from turbulence," 1907 in sense of "shaped so that the flow around it is smooth."
雙語例句
1. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
他們正努力精簡本來繁冗復雜的官僚體制。
來自柯林斯例句
2. We must streamline our methods.
我們必須簡化方法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I wear these trunks because they have a streamline effect in the water.
我穿這條游泳褲因為它在水中有流線效果。
來自柯林斯例句
4. IBM, which consolidated some operations last summer, has made clear that it needs to continue to streamline them.
去年夏天合并了部分業務的IBM公司明確表示需要繼續進行精簡，以提高效率。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Any liquid or gas passing it will have streamline flow.