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单词 rapid
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rapid

adjective
 OPAL W
/ˈræpɪd/
/ˈræpɪd/
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  1. happening quickly or in a short period of time
    • rapid change/expansion/growth/development
    • a rapid rise/increase/decline in sales
    • The patient made a rapid recovery.
    • a rapid pulse/heartbeat
    • The guard fired four shots in rapid succession.
    • Work proceeded at a rapid pace.
    • The disease is spreading at a rapid rate.
    • We try hard to provide a rapid response to requests.
    • Rapid economic growth pushed unemployment to relatively low levels.
    Which Word? fast / quick / rapidfast / quick / rapidThese adjectives are frequently used with the following nouns:
    fast ~quick ~rapid ~
    carglancechange
    trainlookgrowth
    bowlerreplyincrease
    pacedecisiondecline
    lanewayprogress
    • Fast is used especially to describe a person or thing that moves or is able to move at great speed.
    • Quick is more often used to describe something that is done in a short time or without delay.
    • Rapid, swift and speedy are more formal words.
    • Rapid is most commonly used to describe the speed at which something changes. It is not used to describe the speed at which something moves or is done:
      • a rapid train
      • We had a rapid coffee.
    • Swift usually describes something that happens or is done quickly and immediately:
      • a swift decision
      • The government took swift action.
    • Speedy has a similar meaning:
      • a speedy recovery.
      It is used less often to talk about the speed at which something moves:
      • a speedy car.
    • For the use of fast and quick as adverbs, .
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    See full entry
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin rapidus, from rapere ‘take by force’.
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