| 单词 | quick |
| 释义 | quick adj., adv., & n. --adj 1. taking only a short time (a quick worker). 2. arriving after a short time, prompt (quick action; quick results). 3. with only a short interval (in quick succession). 4. lively, intelligent. 5. acute, alert (has a quick ear). 6. (of a temper) easily roused. 7. archaic living, alive (the quick and the dead). --adv 1. quickly, at a rapid rate. 2. (as int.) come, go, etc., quickly. --n 1. the soft flesh below the nails, or the skin, or a sore. 2. the seat of feeling or emotion (cut to the quick). Phrases and idioms be quick act quickly. quick-fire 1. (of repartee etc.) rapid. 2. firing shots in quick succession. quick-freeze 1. freeze (food) rapidly so as to preserve its natural qualities. 2. this process. quick march Mil. 1. a march in quick time. 2. the command to begin this. quick one colloq. a drink taken quickly. quick step Mil. a step used in quick time (cf. QUICKSTEP). quick time Mil. marching at about 120 paces per minute. quick trick Bridge 1. a trick in the first two rounds of a suit. 2. the card that should win this. quick with child archaic at a stage of pregnancy when movements of the foetus have been felt. Derivatives quickly adv. quickness n. Etymology: OE cwic(u) alive f. Gmc |
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