单词 | quick |
释义 | Word Frequency quick(kwɪk) adjective 1. (of an action, movement, etc) performed or occurring during a comparatively shorttime a quick move 2. lasting a comparatively short time; brief a quick flight 3. accomplishing something in a time that is shorter than normal a quick worker 4. characterized by rapidity of movement; swift or fast a quick walker 5. immediate or prompt a quick reply 6. (postpositive) eager or ready to perform (an action) quick to criticize 7. responsive to stimulation; perceptive or alert; lively a quick eye 8. eager or enthusiastic for learning a quick intelligence 9. easily excited or aroused a quick temper 10. skilfully swift or nimble in one's movements or actions; deft quick fingers 11. archaic a. alive; living b. (as noun) living people (esp in the phrase the quick and the dead) 12. archaic or dialect lively or eager a quick dog 13. (of a fire) burning briskly 14. composed of living plants a quick hedge 15. dialect (of sand) lacking firmness through being wet 16. quick with child noun 17. any area of living flesh that is highly sensitive to pain or touch, esp that under a toenail or fingernail or around a healing wound 18. the vital or most important part (of a thing) 19. short for quickset (sense 1) 20. cut someone to the quick adverb informal 21. in a rapid or speedy manner; swiftly 22. soon I hope he comes quick exclamation 23. a command requiring the hearer to perform an action immediately or in as short a time as possible Derived forms quickly (ˈquickly) adverb quickness (ˈquickness) noun Word origin Old English cwicu living; related to Old Saxon quik, Old High German queck, Old Norse kvikr alive, Latin vīvus alive, Greek bios life |
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