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单词 quick
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quickadjective

uk/kwɪk/us/kwɪk/

A2 happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a short time:

It's a quick journey.
I had a quick coffee and left the house.
I only had time for a quick glance at the paper this morning.
He scored three goals in quick succession (= one after the other in a short time).
Could I have a quick word (= speak to you for a short time)?
Quick as lightning (= very quickly), he snatched the book and ran out of the room.

A1 doing something fast:

I tried to catch him but he was too quick for me.
be quick to do sth

to do something fast, sometimes too fast:

She was quick to point out that it wasn't her fault.

B1 used to describe someone who is clever and understands or notices things quickly:

She was quick at understanding what we wanted her to do.
He has a quick mind.
Donna's quick thinking (= ability to solve problems with speed) averted what could have been a disaster.
See also
quick-witted
a quick study US informal

someone who is able to learn things quickly:

He's a quick study and easily grasps all the details of a discussion.
quick and dirty

produced quickly and therefore not perfect:

The original solution was admittedly quick and dirty.
a quick and dirty way to evaluate an investment

More examples

  • The journey was quite quick because the road was clear .
  • I'll give the walls a quick coat of paint.
  • They had a quick confab to decide on a possible design.
  • After stopping for a quick drink, they continued on their way.
  • Her movements were deft and quick.

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Short in time

  • awhile
  • be short notice idiom
  • bit
  • blitz
  • brevity
  • brief
  • dose
  • ephemeral
  • evanescent
  • fit
  • minute 1
  • mo
  • moment
  • momentarily
  • momentary
  • msec
  • shortish
  • trice
  • twinkling
  • wee hours

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Fast and rapid
Hurrying and doing things quickly
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Intelligent people
quickness
noun [ U ] /ˈkwɪk.nəs//ˈkwɪk.nəs/

the quickness of his movements
her quickness to understand

quickexclamation

uk/kwɪk/us/kwɪk/

used for telling someone to do something quickly:

Quick! Close the door before the cat comes in!

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Expressions telling people to hurry up

  • arse
  • c'mon
  • come
  • come along
  • come on
  • gee
  • gee up!
  • get/put your skates on idiom
  • jump
  • look
  • make
  • make it quick/fast idiom
  • make it snappy idiom
  • move it! idiom
  • move/shift your arse! idiom
  • shake a leg idiom
  • skate
  • snap
  • time is of the essence idiom
  • weave

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quickadverb

/kwɪk/uk/kwɪk//kwɪk/NOT STANDARD

quickly:

We bought it quick, before someone else could.

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Fast and rapid

  • a mile a minute idiom
  • apace
  • as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
  • as if it is going out of style idiom
  • at a rate of knots idiom
  • fleet
  • have a heavy foot idiom
  • high-speed
  • hotfoot
  • in the twinkling of an eye idiom
  • Jack Robinson
  • lickety-split
  • lightning
  • mile
  • prompt
  • rapid-fire
  • smartly
  • souped-up
  • spread like wildfire idiom
  • swift

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quicknoun [ U ]

uk/kwɪk/us/kwɪk/

the area of flesh under your nails:

He's bitten his nails to the quick.

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The hand

  • -fingered
  • carpal
  • carpometacarpal
  • carpus
  • digitorum
  • fingerprint
  • flat
  • knuckle
  • little finger
  • middle finger
  • palm
  • paw
  • pollicis
  • right-handed
  • ring finger
  • thenar
  • triquetrum
  • two-handed
  • volar
  • volaris

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