fast-goingadj.

Brit.

/ˌfɑːs(t)ˈɡəʊɪŋ/,

/ˌfas(t)ˈɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌfæs(t)ˈɡoʊɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fast adv., going adj.

Etymology: < fast adv. + going adj.

rare after early 20th cent.

1. That moves, travels, or works at a fast speed; fast-moving.

ΚΠ

1800 Philos. Mag. 6 165 It may be also observed, that a steam-engine fitted to a Scotch fast-going still would have great power.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiv. 136 The vixenish ill-tempered, fast-going bay mare, that looked like a cross between a butcher's horse and a twopenny post-office pony.

1912 Railroad Telegrapher Jan. 47/2 He slipped on an icy crossing in front of a fast-going automobile.

2014 Cameroon Tribune (Nexis) 14 Apr. Unending queues of fast-going vehicles, with all the dangers that implies.

2. Living in an extravagant, unconventional, or dissipated manner; = fast-living adj. at fast adv. and int. Compounds 1b(c). Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, life, etc.

riotous1389

rakehella1547

rakehelly1594

wild oat1676

orgiastic1698

rakish1704

rakehellish1764

rackety1787

fast-going1856

orgiasticala1871

1856 Evening Packet (Dublin) 26 Jan. 2/6 She was well supported by Mr. Hustleby..and Mr. Honey, the latter almost exhausting his humour in a capital delineation of a fast-going man.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. iii. 81 She was a fast-going girl, and his friends were very sorry.

1885 W. Hoyle Depression of Trade 22 A dissipated fast-going young gentleman.

1977 S. K. Varma India's Second Explosion 9 They feel happy that they are relieved from the clutches of the ‘Caucus of Four’, headed by a fast-going Youth Leader.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fast-going
释义	fast-goingadj. Brit. /ˌfɑːs(t)ˈɡəʊɪŋ/, /ˌfas(t)ˈɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌfæs(t)ˈɡoʊɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fast adv., going adj. Etymology: < fast adv. + going adj. rare after early 20th cent. 1. That moves, travels, or works at a fast speed; fast-moving. ΚΠ 1800 Philos. Mag. 6 165 It may be also observed, that a steam-engine fitted to a Scotch fast-going still would have great power. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiv. 136 The vixenish ill-tempered, fast-going bay mare, that looked like a cross between a butcher's horse and a twopenny post-office pony. 1912 Railroad Telegrapher Jan. 47/2 He slipped on an icy crossing in front of a fast-going automobile. 2014 Cameroon Tribune (Nexis) 14 Apr. Unending queues of fast-going vehicles, with all the dangers that implies. 2. Living in an extravagant, unconventional, or dissipated manner; = fast-living adj. at fast adv. and int. Compounds 1b(c). Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, life, etc. riotous1389 rakehella1547 rakehelly1594 wild oat1676 orgiastic1698 rakish1704 rakehellish1764 rackety1787 fast-going1856 orgiasticala1871 1856 Evening Packet (Dublin) 26 Jan. 2/6 She was well supported by Mr. Hustleby..and Mr. Honey, the latter almost exhausting his humour in a capital delineation of a fast-going man. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. iii. 81 She was a fast-going girl, and his friends were very sorry. 1885 W. Hoyle Depression of Trade 22 A dissipated fast-going young gentleman. 1977 S. K. Varma India's Second Explosion 9 They feel happy that they are relieved from the clutches of the ‘Caucus of Four’, headed by a fast-going Youth Leader. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1800
随便看	to get one's wills to get one's ya-yas out to get one's yayas out to get one'the call to get oneself a name to get oneself gone to get oneself organized to get oneself out to get online to get or give the kick to get or have a person by the short and curlies to get or have by the short and curlies to get or have one's knife into to get or have someone taped to get or have something taped to get or have taped to get or have witting to get or hear the straight to get or obtain the floor to get or put in the club to get or put in the pudding club to get or put someone in the club to get or put someone in the pudding club to get or put the breeze up to get or take wind