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单词 whizz
释义
whizz1 verbwhizz2 noun
whizzwhizz1 British English, whiz American English /wɪz/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
whizz
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theywhizz
he, she, itwhizzes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theywhizzed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave whizzed
he, she, ithas whizzed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad whizzed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill whizz
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have whizzed
Continuous Form
PresentIam whizzing
he, she, itis whizzing
you, we, theyare whizzing
PastI, he, she, itwas whizzing
you, we, theywere whizzing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been whizzing
he, she, ithas been whizzing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been whizzing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be whizzing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been whizzing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A bullet whizzed past my ear.
  • I stared out the window, watching as kids on bicycles and skateboards whizzed by.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • By the end of the week, Emma was whizzing down green runs, turning superbly and tackling the lifts with ease.
  • Flashbacks to stilted junior-year productions started whizzing by faster than you can say Grosse Pointe Blank.
  • I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town.
  • She had only ever seen them at a distance before, or whizzing by in their cars.
  • Smoking on a train journey, looking out at the countryside whizzing by.
  • The armor meant that bullets were expected to be whizzing through the cockpit.
  • We had scarcely got in there before the train came whizzing past at a great rate..
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto move very fast in a particular direction
to go somewhere as fast as you can: race back/up/into etc: · Hearing the children's screams, she raced back to the house.· A police car came racing down the road.tear away/up/across etc: · She tore across the lobby, then up three flights of stairs.· Just before the explosion, a man came tearing across the street.
to go somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry: rush out/around/into etc: · Everyone rushed out into the street to see what was happening.· People were rushing past me on their way to work.dash into/around/to etc: · Pam dashed into the store just as it was closing.· The boys dashed across the road and disappeared into the woods.
to travel or go somewhere extremely quickly: fly past/up/along etc: · As I slowed down another car flew past me and turned to the left.· The bus was flying along when suddenly the driver slammed on the brakes.
to run, fly, or swim with a sudden quick movement: dart through/back/across etc: · I could see small silvery fish darting through the water.· As the rain began to fall harder, I darted into the first shop I could find.
written if someone or something streaks somewhere, they run or fly there so fast that you can hardly see them: streak across/past/away etc: · Two aircraft streaked across the sky.· I caught a glimpse of a man streaking away into the shadows.
to move extremely quickly through the air or along a road, making a loud high noise: whizz past/by/through etc: · A bullet whizzed past my ear.· I stared out the window, watching as kids on bicycles and skateboards whizzed by.
if a car, bus, plane etc zooms somewhere, it moves there extremely fast, making a loud noise with its engine: zoom past/through/over etc: · The plane zoomed low over the airfield.· A fire engine zoomed past us.
to move somewhere very quickly, especially in a vehicle: speed along/by/towards etc: · An ambulance sped by on its way to an accident.· Small patrol boats sped along the shore.
use this to say that someone or something is going extremely fast: · That car must have been really moving when it hit the van.
1[always + adverb/preposition] informal a)to move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air:  An ambulance whizzed past. I saw a big piece of metal whizzing through the air. b)to do something very quicklywhizz through Let’s just whizz through it one more time.2American English spoken to urinate
whizz1 verbwhizz2 noun
whizzwhizz2 British English, whiz American English noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • She's a whizz in the kitchen.
  • When marketing whizzes renamed the fruit the kiwi, says the newsletter Turn Signals, sales shot up all over the world.
1[countable] informal someone who is very fast, intelligent, or skilled in a particular activity:  a math whiz2take a whiz American English spoken to urinate3[countable, uncountable] informal amphetamine gee whiz
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