Swift
[swɪft]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
(noun.) an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745).
(noun.) United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903).
吉莉安手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.
(v. i.) Of short continuance; passing away quickly.
(adv.) Swiftly.
(n.) The current of a stream.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
(n.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
(n.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
(n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
(n.) The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
編輯:史蒂夫
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Quick, fast, fleet, rapid, speedy, expeditious, flying.[2]. Ready, prompt, eager, zealous, forward.[3]. Sudden, instant.
安迪編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Rapid, speedy, headlong, quick, accelerated, nimble, expeditious, fleet, fast,ready, quick, eager, alert, prompt
ANT:Slow, tardy, lingering, lazy, loitering, unexpeditious, inactive, sluggish,unready
手打:所罗门
解釋/意思:
adj. moving quickly: fleet rapid: speedy: ready.—n. a genus (Cypselus) and family (Cypselid) of picarian birds resembling the swallows in general appearance and habits but most closely allied by anatomical structure to the humming-birds—with long pointed wings a short tail and remarkable powers of rapid and prolonged flight: the common newt: a reel for winding yarn: the main cylinder of a carding-machine: the current of a stream.—n. Swif′ter any rope temporarily used to tighten or keep a thing in its place.—adjs. Swift′-foot′ed; Swift′-hand′ed; Swift′-heeled.—adv. Swift′ly with swiftness: rapidly.—n. Swift′ness quality of being swift: quickness: fleetness: rapidity: speed.—adj. Swift′-winged.
編輯:特鲁迪
例句/造句/用法:
- There was a little brusque, turgid contempt for her in his swift gesture, and she seemed to cringe a little. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She is swift in making up her mind and fearless in carrying out her resolutions. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The Veneerings find with swift remorse that they have omitted to invite Miss Bella Wilfer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The lightning is made his swift messenger, and thought flashes in submarine depths around the world. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Gerty's compassionate instincts, responding to the swift call of habit, swept aside all her reluctances. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The shame, desertion, wretchedness, and exposure of the great capital; the wet, the cold, the slow hours, and the swift clouds of the dismal night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The torpedo boat destroyer is a larger and swifter boat, whose special duty it is to overtake and destroy this dangerous little fighter. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Still larger and possibly swifter steamships are in process of construction, viz. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The swifter craft are seldom equipped with large buoyancy tanks, since the added bulk of them tends to reduce a vessel's speed. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- He never rode a match on the swiftest animal in his costly stud, with half the speed at which he had torn along the course that ended in the Fleet. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- There is one there, he said, my personal property, built to carry five men, that is the swiftest of the swift. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Notwithstanding the success of his machine, which on public exhibition beat five of the swiftest hand sewers, he met only discouragement and disappointment. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Order your swiftest flier to the palace top. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
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