| 单词 | fast-approaching |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfast-approaching fast-approaching adj. quickly drawing near in space, time, or circumstance; imminent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > imminent, near, or at hand towardc890 comingOE at handc1175 hendc1175 hendc1175 short?a1400 likec1425 near present?c1450 hangingc1503 instant?1520 neara1522 approachinga1525 imminent1528 provenient1554 threatened1567 near-threateninga1586 eminent1587 impendenta1592 sudden1597 ensuing1603 dependenta1616 pending1642 incumbent1646 early1655 fast-approaching1671 impendinga1686 incoming1753 pendent1805 proximatea1831 simmering1843 pending1850 invenient1854 looming1855 forthcoming1859 near-term1929 upcoming1959 1671 T. Harby What is Truth (new ed.) 113 The Gospel-Witnesses..had finished..their primitive testimony..against the fast approaching defections of the primitive Church. 1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 20 Calm is my soul, nor apt to rise in arms, Except when fast approaching danger warns. 1862 E. C. Grey Passages Life Fast Young Lady I. vii. 93 Mrs. Lewis..made some grave remark that immediately turned poor Linda's thoughts to the fast approaching Monday, and her mood soon changed from gaiety to dejection. 1933 Boys' Life May 49/1 Off in the distance there could be heard a fast approaching siren. 2008 M. B. Goan Mary Breckinridge iii. x. 216 The thought of the fast-approaching deadline disturbed her. < as lemmas |
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