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单词 rapid-fire
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Definition of rapid-fire in English:

rapid-fire

adjective
  • another term for quick-fire
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A rapid-fire speaker in heavily accented English, the passionate French chef is never still.
    • Their names repeatedly crop up in the course of his rapid-fire patter.
    • But this is no self-indulgent nostalgia trip: it has great pace, a lovely sense of fun and rapid-fire cynical banter.
    • There are a handful of rapid-fire arguments worthy of Aaron Sorkin or David Mamet.
    • In her rapid-fire Indonesian with distinct Chinese intonations, she quoted an old Chinese couplet that says, ‘In heaven there is paradise, on earth there is Hangzhou and Suzhou.’
    • Hollywood producers also believe rapid-fire conversation - often while characters are on the move - is popular among the ‘MTV generation’ of viewers.
    • Expect a barrage of rapid-fire rhymes, punchy poetry and syllables.
    • The presence of these loveable rogues drew crowds to enjoy their banter and rapid-fire wit.
    • He had just finished his midday rapid-fire barrage of breaking bad news.
    • The Fast Show hit British screens on 27 September 1994, and its rapid-fire approach quickly made other sketch shows seem slow and clumsy.
    • Met by ten burly men in military uniforms who gave rapid-fire introductions and led them down to the platform, they had little time to take anything in.
    • It featured the track ‘Dear Hip Hop,’ a reflective look at the importance of the culture in his, laden with rapid-fire delivery and a ripe beat.
    • Excitement rose during the rapid-fire rounds, with one contestant from each of the groups in the ‘Hot seat’ trying to answer as many questions as possible before the timekeepers sounded the bell.
    • This occasioned some rapid-fire debate around the office as to whether such a competition might work.
    • This year's Budget speech was another in his series of rapid-fire litanies of facts and figures with plenty of content but not much in the way of rhetorical flourish.
    • Thankfully I saw a couple of familiar faces the moment I entered the function room, was welcomed into the fold and was given a rapid-fire overview of everyone present.
    • As he talks about the five albums and non-stop touring that mark his career, his rapid-fire words are punctuated with a serious tone, indicating that music is not just fun and games for him.
    • His fervent approach to football manifests itself in rapid-fire delivery on all manner of convictions and opinions concerning his chosen profession.
    • Fogarty shoots off into a rapid-fire imaginary conversation between an agency executive and a newspaper ad sales person.
    • Tom Fox, who delighted the local media with rapid-fire interview responses in Vietnamese as his daughter instructed the swimmers, said his older two children had already made the journey to Viet Nam.
 
 

Definition of rapid-fire in US English:

rapid-fire

adjectiveˈrapəd ˈˌfī(ə)rˈræpəd ˈˌfaɪ(ə)r
  • 1attributive (especially of something said in dialogue or done in a sequence) unhesitating and rapid.

    a rapid-fire exchange of questions and answers
    1. 1.1 (of a gun) able to fire shots in rapid succession.
 
 
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