quicken
英 ['kw?k(?)n]
美 ['kw?k?n]
- vi. 加快；變活躍；進入胎動期
- vt. 加快；鼓舞；使復(fù)活
中文詞源
quicken 使復(fù)活，蘇醒，加快來自quick,有生命的，快速的，-en,使。
英文詞源
- quicken (v.)
- c. 1300, "come to life; give life to," from quick (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "become faster" is from 1805. Related: Quickened; quickening. An earlier verb was simply quick (c. 1200), from Old English gecwician.
雙語例句
- 1. I actually felt my heart quicken.
- 我感覺心跳真的加快了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She felt her heartbeat quicken as he approached.
- 隨著他的走近，她覺得自己的心跳加速了。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. Good debate can quicken one's mind.
- 好的辯論能使人頭腦敏銳.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Unlike its competitors, Quicken had a simple user interface, and was fast and easy to install.
- 與其競爭對手不同, Quicken具有簡易的用戶界面, 而且安裝快捷、簡便.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. He quicken his pace, and took up new threads of talk.
- 他加快腳步, 找了些新的話題談著.
來自辭典例句