| 单词 | quicken |
| 释义 | quick·en I. transitive verb 1. a. < warm spring days that quicken the earth > b. < quickening their interest with vivid details > 2. archaic a. b. 3. < quickened her steps > 4. a. b. 5. intransitive verb 1. 2. < seed that quickens and becomes ripe grain > 3. 4. < watched the dawn quickening in the East > 5. < her pulse quickened at the sight > Synonyms: < its characters never quicken with the life one feels lurks somewhere within them — Jerome Stone > < grand aspirations which quicken the energies of men — M.R.Cohen > < he felt his own blood quicken — Elyne Mitchell > animate emphasizes the imparting of motion and activity, especially lifelike, to something mechanical or artificial < all living creatures, human and animal, are animated by souls or spirits — Frederica de Laguna > < almost every gathering is animated by spontaneous folk dancing — American Guide Series: Michigan > < a child's animated doll > enliven suggests a stimulus that kindles, exalts, or brightens something usually dulled, depressed, or torpid < enliven the meal by a few foolish jokes — Ellen Glasgow > < the crowded chapel was enlivened with bright colors — Josephine Y. Case > < a barrel of home brew on a sledge to enliven the occasion — Roderick Finlayson > vivify suggests the renewal of vitality, a freshening or energizing < the room was dead. The essence that had vivified it was gone — O.Henry > < the vital force which was vivifying the nation at the expense of an occasional lapse from good taste — Agnes Repplier > Synonym: see in addition provoke, speed. II. or quicken tree |
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