| 单词 | fast lane |
| 释义 | fast laneSEE SYNONYMS FOR fast lane ON THESAURUS.COM nounAlso called express lane. the lane of a multilane roadway that is used by fast-moving vehicles, as when passing slower traffic. Informal. any scene, activity, or pursuit that is exciting, high-pressured, competitive, swift-moving, and sometimes dissipated or dangerous: Alcoholism and stress are often the price for living life in the fast lane. Compare fast track. Origin of fast laneFirst recorded in 1965–70 Words nearby fast lanefast ice, fastidious, fastie, fastigiate, fastigium, fast lane, fast motion, fast-moving, fastness, fast neutron, Fast of Gedaliah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for fast lanefast lane nounthe outside lane on a motorway or dual carriageway for vehicles overtaking or travelling at high speed informal the quickest but most competitive route to success Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fast lanefast lane Also, life in the fast lane. A lifestyle that involves free spending and self-indulgence, and sometimes also dissipation and danger. For example, They're finding that life in the fast lane can be very stressful. This term alludes to the highway express lane used by faster vehicles to pass slower ones. [Colloquial; c. 1970] Also see fast track. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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