Quicken

['kwɪk(ə)n] or ['kwɪkən]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) show signs of life; 'the fetus quickened'.

(verb.) give life or energy to; 'The cold water invigorated him'.

汉娜錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.

(a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.

(a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

(v. i.) To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.

(v. i.) To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.

安尼塔整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Vivify, revive, resuscitate, reinvigorate, refresh, make alive, give life to.[2]. Hasten, accelerate, speed, hurry, expedite, despatch.[3]. Stimulate, sharpen, excite, incite.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Accelerate, animate, revive, reinvigorate, resuscitate, vivify, stimulate,hurry, hasten, urge, excite, promote, expedite

ANT:Retard, delay, encumber, clog, drag, detain, discourage, allay

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