英语词汇“at a rate of knots”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

at a rate of knots

British informal Very fast.I know all the companies are putting out opera DVDs at a rate of knots, and I suspect strongly that all other niche markets are doing likewise....

Near me there used to be lots of fields which have now been turned into housing estates: the town is growing at a rate of knots.
When you drive into these little terraced streets, drivers are going at a rate of knots with no seatbelts on, oblivious to the fact that children could just step out from between two cars.

Synonyms

rapidly, speedily, swiftly, quickly, fast, post-haste, at (full) speed, at the speed of light, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop;

promptly, immediately, briskly;

hastily, hurriedly, precipitately

informal p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), double quick, at a lick, hell for leather, pronto, at the double, at wasp speed, a mile a minute, like the wind, like a bomb, like a bat out of hell, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, like nobody's business, like (greased) lightning, like a madman/madwoman

British informal like the clappers, like billy-o

North American informal lickety-split

literary apace

See parent entry: knot

单词	at a rate of knots
释义	at a rate of knots British informal Very fast.I know all the companies are putting out opera DVDs at a rate of knots, and I suspect strongly that all other niche markets are doing likewise.... Near me there used to be lots of fields which have now been turned into housing estates: the town is growing at a rate of knots. When you drive into these little terraced streets, drivers are going at a rate of knots with no seatbelts on, oblivious to the fact that children could just step out from between two cars. Synonyms rapidly, speedily, swiftly, quickly, fast, post-haste, at (full) speed, at the speed of light, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop; promptly, immediately, briskly; hastily, hurriedly, precipitately informal p.d.q. (pretty damn quick), double quick, at a lick, hell for leather, pronto, at the double, at wasp speed, a mile a minute, like the wind, like a bomb, like a bat out of hell, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, like nobody's business, like (greased) lightning, like a madman/madwoman British informal like the clappers, like billy-o North American informal lickety-split literary apace See parent entry: knot
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