| 单词 | quick |
| 释义 | quick (once / 27 pages) 1adjadv 2n If you are quick, you move with speed. You may be a quick runner or "a quick study" — if you tend to learn things quickly. The adjective quick can also mean brief and fleeting — as in a quick visit or a quick trip to the store. Quick also means without delay: "You'll need to jot a quick reply to the party invitation." The noun quick is a whole other story; it's a highly sensitive bit of skin, especially the skin under the fingernails or toe nails. Be careful not to chew your nails down to the quick — especially your toe nails. WORD FAMILYquick: quicken, quicker, quickest, quickly, quickness, quicks+/quicken: quickened, quickener, quickening, quickens/quickener: quickeners/quickening: quickenings/quicker: quickers/quickly: quicklys/quickness: quicknesses USAGE EXAMPLESRobinson, a lithe shooting guard with a quick release, spent one year at Williams, an N.C.A.A. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Such a minor delay may be caused by any minimal distraction: a sudden noise, a quick glance at the phone or a random thought. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) A quick look at the travel aggregator Trivago shows hundreds of hotel rooms available for under £100 a night for a weekend in mid-April. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj moving quickly and lightly quick of foot Syn agile, nimble, spry active characterized by energetic activity 2adj hurried and brief a quick inspection Syn fast, flying hurried moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste 3adj accomplished rapidly and without delay was quick to make friends his quick reaction prevented an accident Syn speedy fast acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly 4adj performed with little or no delay was quick to respond Syn immediate, prompt, straightaway fast acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly 5adj apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity a quick mind Syn ready intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree 6adj easily aroused or excited a quick temper Syn warm excitable easily excited 7adv with little or no delay 2come here, quick! Syn promptly, quickly n any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) Hyper area, region a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve |
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