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单词 high-speed
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high-speedadj.

Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈspiːd/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˈˌspid/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., speed n.
Etymology: < high adj. + speed n.
1. Moving or operating very quickly; relating to, facilitating, or used in a fast process or at a high speed of operation.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > very
seven-leagued1747
ripping1826
seven-league-booted1828
splitting1829
lightning1832
high-speed1844
double-quick1860
mile-a-minute1883
express1897
jet-propelled1947
supersonic1947
light speed1987
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > other types
stout1702
multiplying1767
reciprocating1768
locomotive1800
centripetal1835
self-contained1839
uniplane1843
high-speed1844
powered1847
flexible1859
undergrounda1884
chip-proof1901
portable1913
batch1940
closed-loop1958
interactive1967
1844 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. July 212 Such trains can be worked much cheaper than high speed trains.
1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 8 Feb. 208/2 Whether..it is advisable at present to spend millions upon high-speed railways?
1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 63 High-speed loose pulleys.
1908 Daily Chron. 6 Feb. 3/1 The crude truths that we look for only in the high-speed camera.
1920 J. L. Myres in H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. v. xxvii. 249/1 The bow..discharges a high-speed arrow with a twang.
1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 86 The action of high-speed neutrons moving through uranium 235 and plutonium.
1972 J. Eastwood Henry in Silver Frame ix. 95 The dentist's high-speed drill.
1990 D. J. Calvert Harrier (‘Aircraft Illustr.’ Special) 7/3 Subsequent trials explored the high-speed end of the envelope, and supersonic flight..was achieved on 12 December 1961.
2000 NZ Infotech Weekly (Nexis) 29 May 2 If the Internet is to be an effective learning tool, schools must have high speed connections.
2. Involving a fast process of operation; made or done by a device operating at high speed.
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1901 Inst. Mech. Engineers: Proc. Oct. 1102 Some very interesting high speed photographs were obtained.
1948 Sci. News 7 29 The dynamics of high-speed flow.
1988 Which? Dec. 581/1 In most cases, high-speed dubbing lets you make a copy in about half the normal playing time of the tape.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Jan. (Arts & Leisure section) 26 (advt.) Its streamlined clipless design & heatspreaders deliver seamless thermal performance for high-bandwidth games & high-speed applications.
3. Performed or occurring at high speed; resulting from or caused by fast movement.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > produced or caused by high speed
high-speed1943
1908 Electr. Rev. & Western Electrician 24 Oct. 608/1 The great force of a high-speed collision would break down an ordinary platform.
1943 T. Horsley Find, Fix & Strike 20 He can concentrate on hitting his target..in the sure knowledge that he's virtually safe from a high-speed stall.
1952 This Week 1 June 8/1 A second danger on the superhighways is something called ‘high-speed hypnosis’—a trance-like state induced by mile after mile of effortless driving.
1960 Economist 16 Apr. 275/1 It is the insetter device that has the job of correcting paper tension and high-speed ‘wobble’.
1990 Scope Summer 9/2 Radio pulses were directed on to the muscle used for high-speed swimming.
2000 J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing v. 58 She was one of the few singers from the swing era to grapple with bebop, with an unmatched understanding of high-speed chord changes.

Compounds

high-speed steel n. any of various heat-treated steel alloys of great toughness and hardness, used in tools for high-speed cutting and drilling (esp. those in which the components may become red hot from friction); frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > alloy steels
silver steel1831
Invar1902
high-speed steel1903
stalloy1906
Nitralloy1928
1903 Official Proc. Western Railway Club 15 122 Of course this introduction of high speed steels has been comparatively recent and will no doubt lead to extensive changes in the designs of the present machine tools.
1992 Which? Feb. 87/3 High speed steel (HSS) drill bits..are needed for drilling steel and are available in sizes from 1mm upwards.
2009 E. Isakov Cutting Data Turning of Steel ii. 100 Shortage of tungsten during World War II urged the development and commercial acceptance of the high-speed steels containing molybdenum as the major alloying element.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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