Fast

[fɑːst] or [fæst]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) abstaining from food.

(verb.) abstain from eating; 'Before the medical exam, you must fast'.

(verb.) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; 'Catholics sometimes fast during Lent'.

(adj.) (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; 'a fast lens' .

(adj.) acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; 'fast film'; 'on the fast track in school'; 'set a fast pace'; 'a fast car' .

(adj.) at a rapid tempo; 'the band played a fast fox trot' .

(adj.) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; 'my watch is fast' .

(adj.) securely fixed in place; 'the post was still firm after being hit by the car' .

(adj.) resistant to destruction or fading; 'fast colors' .

(adj.) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; 'a fast road'; 'grass courts are faster than clay' .

(adv.) quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); 'how fast can he get here?'; 'ran as fast as he could'; 'needs medical help fast'; 'fast-running rivers'; 'fast-breaking news'; 'fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters'.

(adv.) firmly or closely; 'held fast to the rope'; 'her foot was stuck fast'; 'held tight'.

厄玛編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

(v. i.) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.

(v. i.) Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

(v. i.) Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

(v. i.) A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

(v.) Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

(v.) Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

(v.) Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

(v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

(v.) Tenacious; retentive.

(v.) Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

(v.) Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

(v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.

(a.) In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

(a.) In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.

(n.) That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

(n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster.

整理:罗伯塔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry.

n. [1]. Fasting, abstinence from food.[2]. Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day.[3]. Time of fasting.[4]. Rope (to fasten a vessel to a wharf).

a. [1]. Fastened, fixed, close, tight.[2]. Immovable, firm.[3]. Constant, steadfast, stanch.[4]. Fortified, strong, impregnable.[5]. Sound, deep, profound.[6]. Swift, quick, fleet, rapid.[7]. Dissipated, wild, giddy, reckless, thoughtless, thriftless, extravagant.

ad. [1]. Firmly, tightly, immovably.[2]. Swiftly, quickly, rapidly.[3]. Extravagantly, prodigally, recklessly, wildly.

艾丽萨校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Firm, secure, fixed, constant, steadfast, stable, unyielding, Unswerving,rapid, accelerated, wild, reckless, dissipated, pay

ANT:Loose, insecure, slow, tardy, steady, sober, virtuous

校對:菲利斯

解釋/意思:

adj. firm: fixed: steadfast: fortified: (of sleep) sound (Shak.).—adv. firmly unflinchingly: soundly or sound (asleep): quickly: close near.—n. Fast-and-loose the name of a cheating game practised at fairs—called also Prick-the-garter.—adj. Fast′-hand′ed close-fisted.—adv. Fast′ly (Shak.) firmly.—n. Fast′ness fixedness: a stronghold fortress castle.—Fast by close to.—Play fast and loose (from the foregoing) to be unreliable to say one thing and do another; Hard-and-fast (see Hard).

adj. quick: rapid: rash: dissipated.—adv. swiftly: in rapid succession: extravagantly.—adj. Fast′ish somewhat fast.

v.i. to keep from food: to go hungry: to abstain from food in whole or part as a religious duty.—n. abstinence from food: special abstinence enjoined by the church: the day or time of fasting.—ns. Fast′-day a day of religious fasting: (Scot.) a day for humiliation and prayer esp. before celebrations of the Lord's Supper; Fast′ens short for Fastens-eve (Scot. Fasten-e'en and Fastern's-e'en) Fastens Tuesday Shrove Tuesday; Fast′er one who fasts: Fast′ing religious abstinence.

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