| 释义 |
rapidly, adv.|ˈræpɪdlɪ|
[f. rapid + ly2.]
In a rapid manner, with rapidity; swiftly, quickly. (Sometimes hyphened to ppl. adjs.)
1727in Bailey. a1751Bolingbroke Ess. Hum. Reas. ii. §7 Thales is said to have held, that mind..was the swiftest of things, and pervaded rapidly the universe. 1784Cowper Task i. 130 Our years, As life declines, speed rapidly away. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 272 The crystals are deposited rapidly. 1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) II. 118 Carried along by the rapidly-swelling current of their age. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid i. 90 Lightnings rapidly flash. |