| 单词 | speed-making |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspeed-making C5. With verbal nouns and participial adjectives, as speed-making, speed-mingling, speed-multiplying, speed-producing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > action of speed-making1548 hurrying1613 properation1615 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Properantia, haast, speede makyng. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Acceleration, hast, or speedmaking. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2262/1 This gearing-up or..speed-multiplying..is found in many kinds of machinery. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2262/2 A system of speed-multiplying gear. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche ix. vi. 107 Betwixt the twin speed-mingling fans of gold. 1893 Outing 22 106 Another great speed-producing son of the same sire. 1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 737/1 When the colt settled into his stride again, the effort at speed making was continued as before. < as lemmas |
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