单词 | speeding |
释义 | speedingn. 1. a. Success, prosperity, good fortune; the fact of being successful or of attaining one's end. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperity or success speedc725 speedinga1300 exploitc1300 thriftc1305 chevance1393 withgangc1485 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] speedc725 speedinga1300 exploitc1300 happingc1440 succeedingc1450 proof1574 successa1586 joy1945 a1300 Cursor Mundi 23716 Þat dos all vr speding spill. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 112 It [sc. Mercury in mid-heaven] shal shewe spedynge of þe werk & perfeccion. c1460 Play of Sacrament 112 In Spayne & in Spruce moche ys my spedyng. a1555 H. Latimer in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1312/2 For which lyke doynges we shal haue like spedinges. 1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catech. (1853) 187 Such as pray doubting and uncertain of their speeding. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles vii. 119 Each one betake him to his rest, To morrow all for speeding do their best. View more context for this quotation 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 393 Either th'one or t'other of these two conspiracies cou'd not have miss'd of speeding, if the Duke..had not revealed them. 1713 M. Henry Ordinat. Serm. in Wks. (1857) II. 503/1 Those who go without sending, will come back without speeding. 1726 S. Willard Body of Divinity 900/1 How we may so ask as not to miss of speeding in it. b. Lot or hap in respect of success. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > fortune or luck sitheOE hapc1275 fortunea1300 timingc1300 thriftc1305 speeda1325 casta1400 venturea1450 issuec1475 luck1481 success1548 speeding1573 chancing1583 potluck1592 ship1851 joss1913 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 2 By practise & ill speeding, thease lessons had their breeding. 1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C7 Hart is bleeding, all helpe needing, O cruell speeding, fraughted with gall. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 37 The not deferring is of great moment to the good speeding. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > sending forth speedinga1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith ii. 7 Olofernes..noumbrede men in to the speding [L. in expeditionem], as the king comaundede to hym. 3. The action of aiding, furthering, or setting forward. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] furtheringc1000 advancementc1325 nourishingc1325 speedingc1400 promotion1425 vauncingc1426 furtherancec1440 expedition1445 preferment1454 further1526 profection1533 towardliness1553 maturation1584 comforting1605 forwarding1635 advance1642 promotement1661 forwardness1741 fosterage1816 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun] filsteOE promotion1425 furtherancec1440 further1526 speeding1530 forwardness1591 lift1622 push1655 fartherance1785 leg up1871 c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 94 Yn spedynge of goodnesse. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 711/2 I set a syde, as counsaylours or judges do all their maters for the hasty spedynge of some one. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 257 To giue any kinde of furtherance to the speeding either of Iustice in Ciuill, or of iudgement in Criminall causes. 1672 T. Cory Course & Pract. Common-pl. 30 The Plaintiff was not bound to give the Defendant notice of the speeding a Writ of Inquiry of Damages. 4. a. With up; The process of increasing the rate of work or production. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > increasing rate of movement or progress acceleration1490 speeding1892 speed-up1923 welly1979 1892 Daily News 8 Feb. 6/2 One of the most remarkable features of modern industrial enterprise is the great ‘speeding up’ of industry. 1897 S. Webb & B. Webb Industr. Democracy I. viii. 399 This enforced ‘speeding up’ would be all very well if the old plan of paying by the piece were continued. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. 218/2 No general speeding-up can be proved from statistics; indeed for some years the per capita output of coal has been declining. 1923 Daily Mail 12 June 6 Railway speed-up. Next month will see a general speeding-up of British railways. b. The act of driving a motor vehicle fast, esp. at an illegal speed. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > in specific manner overspeeding1888 left-hand drive1908 speeding1908 night-driving1909 hell-driving1936 drunk driving1937 slipstreaming1957 drink-driving1964 stunt-driving1975 1908 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) in Daily Chron. 7 Oct. 4/7 Baby carriages are required to carry lights at night in Chicago. That rapid city may yet find it necessary to provide special police to keep the baby carriages from speeding. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Apr. 2/4 It was decided that everything possible would be done to assist the authorities in enforcing reasonable regulations regarding speeding. 1922 J. A. Dunn Man Trap ii. 24 Driving a car about the countryside at the expense of many fines for speeding. 1977 E. W. Hildick Loop xvii. 115 The copper... He's been trying to get you all afternoon... I hope you haven't been doing no speeding. Compounds speeding citation n. ΚΠ 1974 Marlboro Herald-Advocate (Bennettsville, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 1/4 Out of the 228 speeding citations..there was only one request for a jury trial. speeding ticket n. U.S. a summons given to a motorist who has violated a speed regulation. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons > other types of summons latitat1565 judgment summons1847 speeding ticket1960 1960 ‘E. McBain’ Heckler v. 70 He had flatly refused to square any raps for them, raps ranging from speeding tickets to disorderly conduct. 1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant ix. 114 If it'll get you out of Rio..I'll go like a greased pig in a slaughterhouse and pay the speeding tickets from my per diem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). speedingadj.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] well-speedinga1500 well-succeeding1579 successive1582 successful1594 succeeding1595 get-on1853 trumph1895 high-riding1921 large1957 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 235 Whoso hath the Paas large and slow, he is wyse and wel spedynge in al his dedys. 2. a. Leading with speed; rapid, direct. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > of way or course: quickest speeding?1611 soon1825 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 280 Where th'unequal winding bone..had place, and where there lay The speeding way to death. 1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 81 For (to take a short and speeding course) the most embraced and popular opinion is that [etc.]. b. Causing to move with speed; favouring. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > causing to move swiftly speeding1757 spurringa1821 go-fast1953 go-faster1969 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad iv. 86 To speeding gales I saw the canvass rise. c. Moving with speed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] swiftc888 swifta1050 currentc1300 quickc1300 hastivea1325 hastyc1330 ingnel1340 swiftyc1380 speedfula1387 fasta1400 swippingc1420 speedy1487 fleet1528 tite?a1540 scudding1545 flighty1552 suddenly1556 flight1581 feathered1587 Pegasean1590 wing-footed1591 swift-winged?1592 thought-swift-flying1595 wind-winged?1596 swallow-winged1597 Pegasarian1607 skelping1607 rapid1608 night-swifta1616 celerious1632 clipping1635 perniciousa1656 volatile1655 quick-foot1658 meteorous1667 windy1697 high-flying1710 fleet-footed1726 aliped1727 wickc1760 velocious1775 flight-performing1785 fast-going1800 fast-moving1802 meteor1803 wight-wapping1830 fleety1841 speeding1847 swiftening1848 two-forty1855 fire-swift1865 pennate1870 spinning1882 percursory1884 zippy1889 meteoric1895 pacy1906 presto1952 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 17 Speeding Saturn cannot halt. 1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 269 Till the speeding ball appeared as One continuous flash of lightning. d. Of motor vehicles, motorists, etc.: travelling fast, esp. at an illegal speed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adjective] > driving in specific manner overspeeding1906 speeding1957 pedal-to-the-metal1976 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adjective] > moving fast speeding1957 1957 R. Matheson Shores of Space 156 People who had..been struck down by speeding cars. 1960 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 1/5 Now the speeding motorist will find things more difficult. 1978 ‘M. Yorke’ Point of Murder xiii. 125 A speeding Mini, in the small hours, might attract notice if a police patrol car were around. a. Dispatching, finishing; deadly, fatal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective] deadlyc893 deathlyOE deathfula1250 mortalc1390 capitalc1426 exitialc1475 fey1488 mortuala1500 perishinga1500 fatal?1518 ferial1528 mortiferousa1538 deadc1540 exitious?1545 deathlike1548 mortifying1555 starvingc1600 lethal1604 speedingc1604 vital1612 irrecoverable1614 feral1621 lethiferous1651 mortific1651 mortifical1657 daggering1694 exitiose1727 fateful1764 kill-devil1831 unsurvivable1839 lethiferal1848 tachythanatous1860 c1604 Charlemagne (1938) ii. 22 T'was a speedinge plott to sende me into Spayne. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 313 He might chuse the most mischeuing, and most speeding hurt for him. 1633 T. May Reigne Henry II vi. sig. L4 A speeding feaver seiz'd his vitall part. 1693 T. Power tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xii. 242 A Neck so strong, so large, as wou'd demand The speeding blow of some uncommon hand. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable openeOE subjectc1384 pregnablec1475 opportunea1500 casuala1535 wide open?1544 obnoxious1572 assailable1589 liable1593 abnoxious1611 woundable1611 obnoxious1612 speeding1612 infectible1634 sufferable1651 attackable1656 vulnerable1678 prejudicial1682 threatenable1841 doable1849 infectable1860 1612 T. James Life Father Parsons in Iesuits Downefall 68 The best weapons the Iesuits haue to defend themselues, and wound their opposits in the speedingst place they can. 1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. i. 9 You hit him in the very speeding place. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] frameeOE goodeOE mightyOE vailanta1325 sicker1338 mightful1340 suffisant1340 virtuousa1387 effectivea1398 effectuala1398 worthya1398 availingc1420 effectuous?a1425 operant?a1425 substantialc1449 virtual?a1475 substantious1483 available1502 efficacious1528 energial1528 working1532 operatory1551 operatoriousa1555 stately1567 feckful1568 efficace?1572 shifty1585 operative1590 instrumental1601 efficable1607 speeding1612 effectuating1615 officious1618 availsome1619 prevailable1624 valid1651 perficient1659 affectuous1664 implemental1676 virtual1760 efficient1787 sufficient1831 slick1833 roadworthy1837 practician1863 positive1903 performant1977 1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. Iv There's no way More speeding than this thought on. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. iii. 40 The slye whorsons Haue got a speeding tricke to lay downe Ladies. View more context for this quotation a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 212 If he could produce but one ancient copy (which is a speeding argument in Scaligers and Casaubons Grammar). 5. Serving to further, advance, or aid. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] furthering1418 furtherlya1535 furtherous1597 proficient1614 speedinga1625 promovent1625 furthersome1627 forwarding1691 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [adjective] furthering1418 upraising1601 speedinga1625 furthersome1627 fostering1765 a1625 J. Fletcher Noble Gentleman iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ee2/2 I am resolv'd my wife shall up to Court;..that is a speeding course, And cannot chuse but breed a mighty fortune. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso xxii. 41 Such a speeding grace shone over me, That from their impious worship I reclaim'd The dwellers round about. Derivatives ˈspeedingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adverb] speedingly1647 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 77 Pray speedily therefore, and speedingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1300adj.a1500 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。