| 单词 | quicken |
| 释义 | quicken (once / 561 pages) v When things quicken, they speed up or make something go faster. If you're late for school, you should probably quicken your pace. Your heartbeat probably quickens when you're afraid or after you've been running fast, and you could also say that your curiosity quickens (or increases) when you overhear a mysterious phone call. The oldest meaning of quicken, however, is "come to life," a definition which sounds very old fashioned now, but which was once used to describe an advanced stage of pregnancy: "The fetus began to quicken." WORD FAMILYquicken: quickened, quickener, quickening, quickens+/quick: quicken, quicker, quickest, quickly, quickness, quicks/quickener: quickeners/quickening: quickenings/quicker: quickers/quickly: quicklys/quickness: quicknesses USAGE EXAMPLESSweeter still was hearing chants of “Real M.V.P.!” rain down in Quicken Loans Arena every time LeBron James touched the basketball. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) But officials signaled a quickening of rate hikes in 2017. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) Speaking of abuse by the executive branch, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert is fighting the Department of Justice’s misguided case against his company. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) 1v move faster Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper accelerate, speed, speed up decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up lose velocity; move more slowly brisk, brisk up, brisken become brisk deepen, intensify become more intense 2v make keen or more acute Syn|Hyper whet excite, stimulate, stir stir feelings in 3v give life or energy to Syn|Hyper invigorate excite, stimulate act as a stimulant 4v give new life or energy to Syn|Hyper animate, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify come to, resuscitate, revive return to consciousness arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate cause to be alert and energetic 5v show signs of life the fetus quickened Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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