quicken

英['kwɪkən] 美['kwɪkən]
  • v. 使加快；使活跃；刺激；变快；(孕妇) 进入胎动期；变活跃
quickener quickened quickened quickening quickens
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. move faster;

    "The car accelerated"

  2. make keen or more acute;

    "whet my appetite"

  3. give life or energy to;

    "The cold water invigorated him"

  4. show signs of life;

    "the fetus quickened"

  5. give new life or energy to;

    "A hot soup will revive me"
    "This will renovate my spirits"
    "This treatment repaired my health"

双语例句

1. I actually felt my heart quicken.
我感觉心跳真的加快了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She felt her heartbeat quicken as he approached.
随着他的走近，她觉得自己的心跳加速了。

来自《权威词典》

3. Good debate can quicken one's mind.
好的辩论能使人头脑敏锐.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Unlike its competitors, Quicken had a simple user interface, and was fast and easy to install.
与其竞争对手不同, Quicken具有简易的用户界面, 而且安装快捷、简便.

来自互联网

5. He quicken his pace, and took up new threads of talk.
他加快脚步, 找了些新的话题谈着.

来自辞典例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. We quickened our pace.
      我们加快了步速。
    2. He fell behind, so he had to quicken up his pace to catch up with us.
      他落在后面，所以他必须加快步子赶上我们。
    3. A good debate can quicken one's mind.
      有意义的辩论能使人的大脑更加敏锐。
    4. These dishes can quicken your appetite.
      这些菜肴能刺激你的食欲。
    5. His interest is quicken by an article he has read.
      他读了一篇文章便兴趣大增了。
    6. Your heart beat will quicken when you run up the stairs.
      跑上楼梯时，心跳会加速。
    7. The child quickened in her womb, ie She felt the movements of the foetus.
      她感到了胎动.

用法讲解

quicken，accelerate，hasten，hurry，rush，speed
  • 这些动词均含“加快，使加快”之意。
  • quicken普通用词，指增加速度、速率。
  • accelerate着重指频率或速率运转加快。
  • hasten指由于事的紧迫性或突然性而加速。
  • hurry指赶紧或匆忙地做某事或催促别人做某事，隐含草率或混乱意味。
  • rush含义与hurry相近，但显得更仓促更慌乱。
  • speed侧重实际的快速行动,常用词组是speed up。

    • 相关词汇

    【邻近词汇】

    quickly quick quicken up quickening Quickenborne quickened lime quickening liquid quickened process quicken one's step quicken one's pace quicken sb's pulse Quickened Features
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