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quickness
🇺🇸 /kwˈɪknʌs/
名词,指动作、反应或做事的迅速,也可强调动作中的灵巧敏捷。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一只手快得让眼睛跟不上:这种“快”首先是动作或活动进行得迅速,也自然带出手法敏捷、反应灵巧的意思。
📖 中文释义
noun
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core 迅速;敏捷📖 指动作、活动或反应进行得很快,尤其可以突出动作灵巧、手法敏捷,让人来不及看清或应对。💡 常用“the quickness of + 名词”或“with quickness”来描述动作的迅速与敏捷。这个词多用于书面或较正式的评价,日常口语中常直接说某人或某事很快。它既能说移动速度,也能说完成事情或作出反应的利落程度。countable uncountableThe quickness of her hands amazed everyone at the table.她双手的敏捷让桌旁的每个人都感到惊讶。
quicknesses
plural
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 3 组
a rate that is rapid
同义词集:
celerity
quickness
rapidity
rapidness
speediness
上位: pace, rate
下位: despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness
intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
同义词集:
mental quickness
quickness
quick-wittedness
上位: intelligence
skillful performance or ability without difficulty;
同义词集:
adeptness
adroitness
deftness
facility
quickness
his quick adeptness was a product of good design
he was famous for his facility as an archer
下位: dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight, touch
🌳 词源
源自中古英语,基本由表示“快”的词和表示性质的后缀构成。
From Middle English quiknes, qwiknes, quyknesse, cwicnesse, equivalent to quick + -ness.
🔄 变式
quicknesses
plural
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