| 单词 | lightning-quick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslightning-quick b. Modifying adjectives denoting speed or swiftness, with the sense ‘as —— as lightning’, as in lightning-fast, lightning-quick, lightning-rapid, etc. 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 1832 ‘B. Cornwall’ Eng. Songs 216 They who turn the lightning-rapid spheres. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xix. 48 So lightning-swift is thought. 1961 Times 25 Mar. 4/7 That strangely reluctant take-away of the club and the lightning-quick swing caused plenty of trouble yesterday. 2005 Time Out N.Y. 30 June 117/1 Zorn's famous..musical game piece demands lightning-fast reflexes. < as lemmas |
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