| 单词 | quickening |
| 释义 | quickening (once / 2635 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY quickening: quickenings+/quick: quicken, quicker, quickest, quickly, quickness, quicks/quicken: quickened, quickener, quickening, quickens/quickener: quickeners/quicker: quickers/quickly: quicklys/quickness: quicknesses USAGE EXAMPLESBut officials signaled a quickening of rate hikes in 2017. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) The pace of world events is quickening again. The New Yorker(Dec 19, 2016) Quickening demand helped alleviate pressure on dealership inventories. Wall Street Journal(Dec 12, 2016) 1 n the act of accelerating; increasing the speed 2Syn|Ant|Hyper acceleration, speedup deceleration the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed hurrying, speed, speeding changing location rapidly 1n the process of showing signs of life the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain Hyper biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms 2n the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus Hyper degree, level, point, stage a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process |
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