单词 | high-speed |
释义 | high-speedadj. 1. Moving or operating very quickly; relating to, facilitating, or used in a fast process or at a high speed of operation. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1844 |
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