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单词 quickset
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
quick•set  (kwik′set′),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]
  1. British Termsa plant or cutting, esp. of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
  2. British Termssuch plants collectively.
  3. British Termsa hedge of such plants.

adj. 
  1. British Termsformed of quickset, or of growing plants.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English; see quick, set

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
quickset /ˈkwɪkˌsɛt/ chiefly Brit n
  1. a plant or cutting, esp of hawthorn, set so as to form a hedge
  2. such plants or cuttings collectively
  3. a hedge composed of such plants
 adj
  1. composed of such plants
Etymology: 15th Century: from quick in the archaic sense live, growing + set to plant, set in the ground
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