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单词 fast forward
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Definition of fast forward in English:

fast forward

nounˌfɑːst ˈfɔːwədfæst ˈfɔrwərd
  • 1A control on a tape or video recorder for winding the tape forward rapidly.

    she played the fast forward so the figures jerked about wildly
    as modifier the fast-forward button
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The TiVo remote works because my fingers can feel around the rewind/pause/fast-forward buttons.
    • Rather than speed forward or backward, the fast-forward button advanced the playback by five seconds, and the rewind button didn't do anything at all.
    • Here in New Zealand we are lucky because our VCRs have a fast-forward button we can use to skip the ads.
    • The main controls - volume up and down, fast forward, rewind, stop and play/pause buttons - sit on the front under the four-line display and microphone.
    • Next is the fast forward / rewind rocker switch and menu buttons that are used for navigation and setup features.
    • The fast forward function allows me to move through the program at mind blowing speeds avoiding any soppy pieces or annoying chat scenes so I can get to the really interesting parts of the shows at warp speed.
    • The PVR allows viewers to ‘time shift’ - to watch a program when they want to rather than when it's scheduled - and to skip commercials at the press of a fast-forward button.
    • Navigation is accomplished via the fast forward / rewind rocker switch and the play/pause button for selection.
    • It will give viewers the ability to stop, rewind and fast forward shows and tape one while watching another.
    • On top of the usual fast forward, rewind, pause, play, stop functions that your VCR has, most Video on Demand systems allow you to skip ahead or skip back.
    • There are no standard fast-forward, rewind and play/pause buttons.
    • He then suffered through close to a hundred films on VHS and DVD, using the fast-forward and cue controls as often as possible, to locate said sequences.
    • It doesn't delete the commercial, the commercial's still there in the recording, just like it is in the VCR case, but the users automatically jump over it instead of having to push the fast forward button.
    • Below the screen is the nifty touch-sensitive Click Wheel with select, play, fast forward and rewind controls.
    • Sega has also added new function pads - play, rewind, fast-forward and stop - that trigger and move parts of levels when rolled over resulting in an improved element of strategy in-game.
    • When we looked at the videotape later, Dad hit the fast-forward button to skip through the meal.
    • The round touch pad used to scroll through song lists now sports the stop/start, fast forward, reverse and menu buttons that were placed between the screen and this wheel.
    1. 1.1 A facility for cueing audio equipment by allowing the tape to be played at high speed during fast-forward wind and stopped at the desired place.
verbˌfɑːst ˈfɔːwədfæst ˈfɔrwərd
[with object]
  • 1Wind (a tape) forward rapidly.

    people avoid commercial breaks by fast-forwarding material recorded off-air
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They fast-forward the tape and images of their grandchildren fill the room.
    • For a vision of the future, fast-forward your video of last Sunday's semi-final to the hour mark.
    • I fast-forwarded through the show and it was such a brief cameo that I missed it during the first viewing.
    • Because once they have access to recorded programming, couch potatoes can fast forward through commercials using a feature on the TiVo remote control.
    • I fast-forwarded through parts of this one, and didn't miss anything.
    • Jim fast-forwarded the tape, watching for the point when the snow would clear.
    • And you don't have to spend half an hour fast-forwarding and rewinding to find just that one bit in the film you want to see.
    • After the film ended, I fast-forwarded past the end credits, planning to return to the menu to see if there were any special features.
    • That's much higher than the 15.6 percent of VCR users who fast-forward a tape to avoid commercials.
    • For those who are using DVRs, the group estimates that 80 percent view recorded programming, and 65 percent to 70 percent are fast-forwarding advertisements.
    • I've been assured that that part of the experience can be watched, if I'd like to see it; it's simply a matter of fast-forwarding the tape a bit farther than I've already watched.
    • Then you'll be able to tell what's on those beautiful CD and DVD discs without having to fast-forward each one.
    • I actually don't like fast-forwarding through them.
    • This mellow track peppered with a lot of interesting instruments can be fast-forwarded on your tape, because the next one is addictive.
    • I love my PVR for letting me fast-forward through ads - and I mean fast.
    • So, upon fast-forwarding through the Billboard Music Awards, this is what I noticed.
    • Twenty minutes later while the tape was being fast-forwarded on a more accelerated speed, he saw the same black-cloaked figure stop at Elaine's door.
    • In addition, ads embedded with special ‘tags’ will pop up as small pictures, sporting branded logos, even when users are fast-forwarding though commercials.
    • With many DVD's, this feature cannot be fast-forwarded so we have to suffer in silence for what seems aeons.
    • Viewers can then skip commercials and pause, rewind or fast-forward programs.
    • He fast-forwarded the tape to her next apparatus, the bars.
    • They can pause or fast-forward live conversations, for example, allowing wearers to listen to two conversations at once.
    1. 1.1no object Move speedily forward in time.
      the text fast-forwards to 1990
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He fast-forwards through his first 10 years on the planet.
      • Next, the action fast-forwards to California in the 1970s.
      • He fast-forwards to the Renaissance, when many people believed in the existence of a lost, ancient Egyptian book, the Corpus Hermeticum, offering the key to astrology, alchemy and magic.
      • And for some reason, the prosecution fast-forwarded through the conversations.
      • He then fast-forwards to the present when a new poetics reclaims the impulse of the earlier avant-garde.
 
 

Definition of fast forward in US English:

fast forward

nounfæst ˈfɔrwərdfast ˈfôrwərd
  • 1A control on a tape or video player for advancing the tape rapidly.

    as modifier the fast-forward button
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fast forward function allows me to move through the program at mind blowing speeds avoiding any soppy pieces or annoying chat scenes so I can get to the really interesting parts of the shows at warp speed.
    • He then suffered through close to a hundred films on VHS and DVD, using the fast-forward and cue controls as often as possible, to locate said sequences.
    • Next is the fast forward / rewind rocker switch and menu buttons that are used for navigation and setup features.
    • Here in New Zealand we are lucky because our VCRs have a fast-forward button we can use to skip the ads.
    • When we looked at the videotape later, Dad hit the fast-forward button to skip through the meal.
    • Rather than speed forward or backward, the fast-forward button advanced the playback by five seconds, and the rewind button didn't do anything at all.
    • The main controls - volume up and down, fast forward, rewind, stop and play/pause buttons - sit on the front under the four-line display and microphone.
    • It doesn't delete the commercial, the commercial's still there in the recording, just like it is in the VCR case, but the users automatically jump over it instead of having to push the fast forward button.
    • Sega has also added new function pads - play, rewind, fast-forward and stop - that trigger and move parts of levels when rolled over resulting in an improved element of strategy in-game.
    • On top of the usual fast forward, rewind, pause, play, stop functions that your VCR has, most Video on Demand systems allow you to skip ahead or skip back.
    • It will give viewers the ability to stop, rewind and fast forward shows and tape one while watching another.
    • The TiVo remote works because my fingers can feel around the rewind/pause/fast-forward buttons.
    • The round touch pad used to scroll through song lists now sports the stop/start, fast forward, reverse and menu buttons that were placed between the screen and this wheel.
    • The PVR allows viewers to ‘time shift’ - to watch a program when they want to rather than when it's scheduled - and to skip commercials at the press of a fast-forward button.
    • There are no standard fast-forward, rewind and play/pause buttons.
    • Below the screen is the nifty touch-sensitive Click Wheel with select, play, fast forward and rewind controls.
    • Navigation is accomplished via the fast forward / rewind rocker switch and the play/pause button for selection.
    1. 1.1 A facility for cueing audio equipment by allowing the tape to be played at high speed and stopped when the desired place is reached.
verbfæst ˈfɔrwərdfast ˈfôrwərd
[with object]
  • 1Advance (a tape) rapidly, sometimes while simultaneously playing it at high speed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because once they have access to recorded programming, couch potatoes can fast forward through commercials using a feature on the TiVo remote control.
    • He fast-forwarded the tape to her next apparatus, the bars.
    • That's much higher than the 15.6 percent of VCR users who fast-forward a tape to avoid commercials.
    • With many DVD's, this feature cannot be fast-forwarded so we have to suffer in silence for what seems aeons.
    • I actually don't like fast-forwarding through them.
    • This mellow track peppered with a lot of interesting instruments can be fast-forwarded on your tape, because the next one is addictive.
    • For a vision of the future, fast-forward your video of last Sunday's semi-final to the hour mark.
    • In addition, ads embedded with special ‘tags’ will pop up as small pictures, sporting branded logos, even when users are fast-forwarding though commercials.
    • For those who are using DVRs, the group estimates that 80 percent view recorded programming, and 65 percent to 70 percent are fast-forwarding advertisements.
    • Twenty minutes later while the tape was being fast-forwarded on a more accelerated speed, he saw the same black-cloaked figure stop at Elaine's door.
    • I fast-forwarded through the show and it was such a brief cameo that I missed it during the first viewing.
    • I fast-forwarded through parts of this one, and didn't miss anything.
    • Then you'll be able to tell what's on those beautiful CD and DVD discs without having to fast-forward each one.
    • They can pause or fast-forward live conversations, for example, allowing wearers to listen to two conversations at once.
    • I love my PVR for letting me fast-forward through ads - and I mean fast.
    • So, upon fast-forwarding through the Billboard Music Awards, this is what I noticed.
    • Viewers can then skip commercials and pause, rewind or fast-forward programs.
    • And you don't have to spend half an hour fast-forwarding and rewinding to find just that one bit in the film you want to see.
    • I've been assured that that part of the experience can be watched, if I'd like to see it; it's simply a matter of fast-forwarding the tape a bit farther than I've already watched.
    • They fast-forward the tape and images of their grandchildren fill the room.
    • After the film ended, I fast-forwarded past the end credits, planning to return to the menu to see if there were any special features.
    • Jim fast-forwarded the tape, watching for the point when the snow would clear.
    1. 1.1no object Move speedily forward in time when considering or dealing with something over a period.
      the text fast-forwards to 1990
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Next, the action fast-forwards to California in the 1970s.
      • He then fast-forwards to the present when a new poetics reclaims the impulse of the earlier avant-garde.
      • He fast-forwards through his first 10 years on the planet.
      • He fast-forwards to the Renaissance, when many people believed in the existence of a lost, ancient Egyptian book, the Corpus Hermeticum, offering the key to astrology, alchemy and magic.
      • And for some reason, the prosecution fast-forwarded through the conversations.
 
 
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