| 单词 | speed-up |
| 释义 | speed-up[ speed-uhp ] / ˈspidˌʌp / nounan increasing of speed. an imposed increase in the rate of production of a worker without a corresponding increase in the rate of pay. Origin of speed-upFirst recorded in 1920–25; noun use of verb phrase speed up Words nearby speed-upspeed shop, speed skate, speed skating, speedster, speed trap, speed-up, speedwalk, speed walking, speedway, speedwell, speedwriting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for speed-up
British Dictionary definitions for speed-upspeed up verb (adverb)to increase or cause to increase in speed or rate; accelerate noun speed-upan instance of this; acceleration usage for speed upThe past tense and past participle of speed up is speeded up, not sped up 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 speed-upspeed up Accelerate, expedite, increase the rate, as in The car speeded up as it went downhill, or It's difficult to speed up production without new equipment. [Late 1800s] 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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