speed
n
1 [U] quickness of movements; swiftness 快; 迅速
He moves with great speed. 他動作很迅速.
The tennis player's speed is his great asset. 那個網(wǎng)球運動員動作迅速, 這是他的一大優(yōu)勢.
2 [C, U] rate at which sb/sth moves 速度; 速率
at a speed of fifty kilometres an hour 以每小時五十公里的速度
at
(a) very slow speed 以很慢的速度
at top speed 以最高速度.
3 [C]
(a) sensitivity of photographic film to light 感光度
What's the speed of the film you're using? 你用的膠卷感光度是多少?
(b) time taken by a camera shutter to open and close 快門速度
different shutter speeds 不同的快門速度
a photograph taken at a speed of -1-250 of a second 用-1-250秒的快門速度拍攝的照片.
4 [U] (sl 俚) amphetamine used as a drug to produce a sense of well-being and excitement 苯異丙胺, 安非他明(用以產(chǎn)生欣快感和興奮感)
He's hooked on (ie addicted to) speed. 他使用安非他明已成癮.
5 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞) gear 排擋
a ten-speed bicycle 十速自行車.
6 (idm 習(xí)語) at speed at high speed; quickly 高速地; 快地
It's dangerous to go round corners at speed. 高速轉(zhuǎn)彎很危險. full pelt/tilt/speed => full. full speed/steam ahead => full. more haste, less speed => haste. pick up speed => pick3. a turn of speed => turn2. with all `speed/`haste as quickly as possible 盡快地. with lightning speed => lightning2. speed, v (pt, pp sped ; in senses 2 and 3 用於下述第2義和第3義時作 speeded)
1 [Ipr] move along or go quickly 快速行進(jìn); 疾行
cars speeding past the school 從學(xué)校旁快速駛過的汽車
He sped down the street. 他沿那條街快步走去.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
cause (sth) to move or go quickly 使(某事物)快速移動或行進(jìn)
This medicine will help speed her recovery. 這藥能加快她康復(fù).
3 [I] (usu in the continous tenses 通常用於進(jìn)行時態(tài)) drive or go faster than the speeds allowed by law 違章超速駕駛或行駛
The police said he'd been speeding on the motorway. 警察說他在高速公路上違章超速行駛.
4 (phr v) speed (sth) up (cause sth to) increase speed (使某事物)加速
They've speeded up production of the new car. 他們加快了新汽車的生產(chǎn).
The train soon speeded up. 火車不久就加快了速度.
?? 擴展釋義
*[spi:d]n. 速率, 速度, 迅速vi. 加速, 超速, 快進(jìn)vt. 快速傳送, 促進(jìn), 使加速【計】 中央處理機速度設(shè)置程序【化】 速率【醫(yī)】 速率, 速度相關(guān)詞組: at railway speed at full speed speed up