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单词 quicken
释义 quicken
 —quickener,  n.  
 /kwik"euhn/,  v.t.  
  1. to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
  2. to give or restore vigor or activity to; stir up, rouse, or stimulate: to quicken the imagination.
  3. to revive; restore life to: The spring rains quickened the earth.
  v.i.  
  4. to become more active, sensitive, etc.: This drug causes the pulse to quicken.
  5. to become alive; receive life.
  6. (of the mother) to enter that stage of pregnancy in which the fetus gives indications of life.
  7. (of a fetus in the womb) to begin to manifest signs of life.
 [1250-1300; ME quikenen. See QUICK, -EN1]
 Syn. 2. animate, vitalize, enliven. 3. vivify.
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