quicken 音标拼音: [kw'ɪkən]
vt . 加快,刺激,使有生气,鼓舞,使复活
vi . 加快,变活跃
加快,刺激,使有生气,鼓舞,使复活加快,变活跃
quicken v 1 :
move faster ; "
The car accelerated " [
synonym : {
accelerate },
{
speed up }, {
speed }, {
quicken }] [
ant : {
decelerate },
{
retard }, {
slow }, {
slow down }, {
slow up }]
2 :
make keen or more acute ; "
whet my appetite " [
synonym : {
whet },
{
quicken }]
3 :
give life or energy to ; "
The cold water invigorated him "
[
synonym : {
quicken }, {
invigorate }]
4 :
show signs of life ; "
the fetus quickened "
5 :
give new life or energy to ; "
A hot soup will revive me ";
"
This will renovate my spirits "; "
This treatment repaired my health " [
synonym : {
animate }, {
recreate }, {
reanimate }, {
revive },
{
renovate }, {
repair }, {
quicken }, {
vivify }, {
revivify }]
Quicken \
Quick "
en \,
v .
i .
1 .
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
The heart is the first part that quickens ,
and the last that dies . --
Ray .
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And keener lightnings quicken in her eye . --
Pope .
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When the pale and bloodless east began To quicken to the sun . --
Tennyson .
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2 .
To move with rapidity or activity ;
to become accelerated ;
as ,
his pulse quickened .
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Quicken \
Quick "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
quickened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Quickening }.] [
AS .
cwician .
See {
Quick },
a .]
1 .
To make alive ;
to vivify ;
to revive or resuscitate ,
as from death or an inanimate state ;
hence ,
to excite ;
to ,
stimulate ;
to incite .
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The mistress which I serve quickens what '
s dead .
--
Shak .
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Like a fruitful garden without an hedge ,
that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize .
--
South .
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2 .
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 .
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3 . (
Shipbuilding )
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To revive ;
resuscitate ;
animate ;
reinvigorate ;
vivify ;
refresh ;
stimulate ;
sharpen ;
incite ;
hasten ;
accelerate ;
expedite ;
dispatch ;
speed .
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1913 Webster ]
181 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quicken ":
accelerate ,
activate ,
actuate ,
advance ,
advantage ,
aid ,
animate ,
arouse ,
awake ,
awaken ,
be begotten ,
be born ,
be incarnated ,
boost ,
brace ,
brace up ,
breathe life into ,
bring into being ,
bring into existence ,
bring to life ,
brisk ,
brisken ,
buck up ,
bundle ,
bustle ,
call into being ,
call into existence ,
cheer ,
chirk up ,
clear the way ,
come alive ,
come into being ,
come into existence ,
come to ,
come to life ,
conceive ,
conduce to ,
contribute to ,
crack on ,
crowd ,
cultivate ,
dispatch ,
drive on ,
dynamize ,
ease ,
electrify ,
encourage ,
endow with life ,
energize ,
enliven ,
excite ,
exhilarate ,
expedite ,
explain ,
facilitate ,
favor ,
fillip ,
fire ,
fortify ,
forward ,
fresh up ,
freshen ,
freshen up ,
further ,
gain ground ,
galvanize ,
give birth ,
give life to ,
goad ,
grease ,
grease the ways ,
grease the wheels ,
haste ,
hasten ,
hasten on ,
hearten ,
help along ,
hie on ,
hurry ,
hurry along ,
hurry on ,
hurry up ,
hustle ,
hustle up ,
induce ,
inflame ,
infuse life into ,
inspirit ,
invigorate ,
jazz up ,
kindle ,
lend wings to ,
live again ,
liven ,
loose ,
lubricate ,
make clear ,
make for ,
make sensitive ,
make way for ,
motivate ,
move ,
oil ,
open the throttle ,
open the way ,
open up ,
pave the way ,
pep up ,
perk up ,
pick up ,
pick up speed ,
pique ,
precipitate ,
prepare the way ,
press ,
promote ,
provoke ,
push ,
push forward ,
push on ,
push through ,
put forward ,
put on ,
put on steam ,
race ,
railroad through ,
reanimate ,
recreate ,
refine ,
refresh ,
refreshen ,
regale ,
reinvigorate ,
remove friction ,
renew ,
resurge ,
resuscitate ,
return to life ,
rev ,
revive ,
revivify ,
rise again ,
rouse ,
run interference for ,
rush ,
rush along ,
see the light ,
sensibilize ,
sensitize ,
set forward ,
set up ,
shake up ,
sharpen ,
simplify ,
smooth ,
smooth the way ,
snap up ,
soap the ways ,
spark ,
speed ,
speed along ,
speed up ,
spur ,
stampede ,
step on it ,
step up ,
stimulate ,
stir ,
unbar ,
unblock ,
unclog ,
unjam ,
urge ,
vitalize ,
vivify ,
wake ,
warm ,
whet ,
whip ,
whip along ,
zip up
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