swift

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英[sw?ft]
美[sw?ft]

基本釋義

adj.
迅速的; 敏捷的; 立刻的; 突然發(fā)生的
n.
雨燕; 環(huán)球金融同業(yè)電訊會; [人]斯威夫特,《格利佛游記》作者

詞性變化

實用例句

swift action

迅速的行動

牛津詞典

a swift decision

迅即作出的決定

牛津詞典

The White House was swift to deny the rumours.

白宮立刻對這些傳言予以否認(rèn)。

牛津詞典

a swift current

湍急的水流

牛津詞典

a swift runner

跑得飛快的人

牛津詞典

She moved swiftly to the rescue.

她迅速趕來營救。

牛津詞典

Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision...

我們的任務(wù)是敦促聯(lián)合國快速做出決策。

The police were swift to act.

警方行動迅速。

With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.

馬修· 杰羅爾德迅速坐直了。

The landing is both swift and sure.

落地既快又穩(wěn).

期刊摘選

He is swift with his judgments.

他判斷迅速.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The domestic electronic payment is assuming the geometry numerical expression swift growth.

國內(nèi)電子支付正呈幾何數(shù)式地快速增長.

期刊摘選

He made a remarkably swift recovery.

他康復(fù)得相當(dāng)快.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He is as swift of foot as a hare.

他跑得像兔子一樣快.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Swept along by the swift current, he was in imminent danger of going over the falls.

他被急流沖走, 跌入瀑布的危險已迫在眉睫.

《用法詞典》

A brave fellow is as good as his words, a swift horse needs no spurring.

好漢一言, 快馬一鞭.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

She is swift to anger.

她愛生氣.

《簡明英漢詞典》

A swift change is longed for, but unlikely.

人們期盼著更快的變化, 但不太可能.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The current is swift.

水流湍急.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The flood roared on, swift and violent.

水勢迅猛異常.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

He gave them a swift glance.

他迅速地朝他們瞥了一眼.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He has a swift wit.

他有急智.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He plunged into the swift current and rescued one child after another.

他縱身跳進(jìn)了激流,救起了一個又一個孩子.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

In the swift the day before that year's wheat harvest, a rainstorm threatened.

在那一年麥?zhǔn)盏那耙惶? 一場暴雨眼看就要來臨.

《簡明英漢詞典》

A swift clap of thunder woke me.

一陣突然的雷鳴把我驚醒.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Light and shade come in swift alternation ; Days and months flash by as quickly as a weaver's shuttle.

光陰似箭,日月如梭.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

真題例句

When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Responsible for the change has been the astonishingly swift development in recent years of the computer.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

Taylor's swift action helped her teammates calm down.

2017年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

  • 2. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

Adjective
  • 1. moving very fast;

    "fleet of foot"

    "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"

    "a swift current"

    "swift flight of an arrow"

    "a swift runner"

同義詞辨析

fast, quick, rapid, swift, hasty, prompt, speedy, instant

這幾個形容詞都有"快,迅速"之意。

  • fast: 常指人或物持續(xù)地高速運動,強調(diào)運動的方式。
  • quick: 特指瞬時動作,強調(diào)動作敏捷迅速;也指匆忙的行為,而不暗示速度很快。
  • rapid比fast和quick正式,常指運動本身,側(cè)重速度驚人。所指動作可能是短暫的,也可能是持續(xù)的。
  • swift: 正式用詞,強調(diào)非常迅速,往往含動作輕快敏捷之意。
  • hasty: 多指匆忙、草率或倉促的行動,著重缺乏深思熟慮。
  • prompt: 主要指動作迅速,毫不拖延,含"快得令人愉悅"的意味。
  • speedy: 指人或物或其運動、活動時,著重極度的快捷,多含匆忙意味。
  • instant: 指某事很快發(fā)生或急待解決,含刻不容緩之意。

同義詞

反義詞

adj.快速的;立刻的

slow

其他釋義

slow

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