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  • Derivatives : n  quickener
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

quicken ['kwɪkən]
  1. 1. vt. [+pace, step] 加快
  2. 2. vi. [pace, step, pulse+] 加速

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

quicken [ 'kwɪkən] [ 'kwɪkən]
  1. 1. vt. 使活跃；使有生气；使复活
  2. 2. vt. 刺激；激起；鼓动
  3. 3. vt. 加快，加速
  4. 4. vt. 使（曲线）更弯
  5. 5. vt. 使（斜坡）更陡
  6. 6. vt. [archaic] 点燃
  7. 7. vt. [archaic] 使火烧得更旺
  8. 8. vi. 变活跃
  9. 9. vi. 使活，（尤指）进入旺盛的生长期
  10. 10. vi. 胎动
  11. 11. vi. （孕妇）进入胎动期
  12. 12. vi. 变快，加快
    The pulse quickens with fear.
    由于害怕，脉搏加快了。
  13. 13. vi. 变明亮
    the quickening east
    东方渐渐发白

Collins English-English Dictionary

quicken ['kwɪkən]
  1. 1. vb to make or become faster; accelerate
    he quickened his walk
    her heartbeat quickened with excitement
  2. 2. vb to impart to or receive vigour, enthusiasm, etc; stimulate or be stimulated
    science quickens man's imagination
  3. 3. vb to make or become alive; revive
  4. 4. vb (of an unborn fetus) to begin to show signs of life
  5. 5. vb (of a pregnant woman) to reach the stage of pregnancy at which movements of the fetus can be felt
See more results for quicken in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

加快步伐
quicken one's steps (or pace) → 步伐
加快步子
quicken one's steps → 加快
加快脚步
quicken one's pace → 脚步
加快进度
quicken the pace (or tempo) → 进度
加快步伐
quicken one's pace → 步伐

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