quick

noun

1. any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

adj

1. moving quickly and lightly

e.g. sleek and agile as a gymnast
as nimble as a deer
nimble fingers
quick of foot
the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it

Synonym: agilenimblespry

2. easily aroused or excited

e.g. a quick temper
a warm temper

Synonym: warm

3. performed with little or no delay

e.g. an immediate reply to my letter
a prompt reply
was quick to respond
a straightaway denial

Synonym: immediatepromptstraightaway

4. accomplished rapidly and without delay

e.g. was quick to make friends
his quick reaction prevented an accident
hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem
a speedy recovery
he has a right to a speedy trial

Synonym: speedy

5. hurried and brief

e.g. paid a flying visit
took a flying glance at the book
a quick inspection
a fast visit

Synonym: flyingfast

6. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

e.g. a quick mind
a ready wit

Synonym: ready

adv

1. with little or no delay

e.g. the rescue squad arrived promptly
come here, quick!

Synonym: promptlyquickly

1. 快的;迅速的;急速的
Someone or something that is quick moves or does things with great speed.

quick的意思

e.g. You'll have to be quick. The flight leaves in about three hours...
你得快点了，飞机大约3小时后起飞。
e.g. I think I'm a reasonably quick learner...
我认为我是一个学东西还算快的人。

2. (quicker 有时表示“以更快的速度”，quickest表示“以最快的速度”，quick有时表示“以很快的速度”，但有些人认为这种用法并不规范)
Quicker is sometimes used to mean 'at a greater speed', and quickest to mean 'at the greatest speed'. Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with great speed'. Some people consider this to be non-standard.

e.g. Warm the sugar slightly first to make it dissolve quicker...
先将糖稍稍加热，以使其溶解得更快些。
e.g. Prost went quickest.
普罗斯特走得最快。

3. 短暂的;持续时间很短的
Something that is quick takes or lasts only a short time.

e.g. He took one last quick look about the room...
他朝房间匆匆扫了最后一眼。
e.g. I just popped in for a quick drink...
我只是顺路过来小酌一杯。

4. 立刻发生的;很快发生的
Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay.

e.g. Officials played down any hope for a quick end to the bloodshed...
官员们让迅速结束这场流血冲突的希望变得渺茫起来。
e.g. These investors feel the need to make quick profits.
这些投资者觉得收益必须立竿见影。

5. 迅速发生地;很快发生地
Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with very little delay'.

e.g. I got away as quick as I could...
我尽快离开了。
e.g. Quick! John! It's Carmela. I think she's taken an overdose...
快来！约翰！卡梅拉出事了，我想她用药过量了。

6. 立刻的;马上的
If you are quick to do something, you do not hesitate to do it.

e.g. Mark says the ideas are Katie's own, and is quick to praise her talent...
马克说这些都是凯蒂自己的想法，并随即称赞起她的天赋来。
e.g. Furthermore, as Gervaise was quick to point out, Mr Scully was not a detective.
而且，正如热尔韦斯毫不犹豫地指出来的那样，斯库利先生并不是一名侦探。

7. 性情急躁的;容易发怒的
If someone has a quick temper, they are easily made angry.

8. 咬到了指甲肉；咬秃指甲
If someone bites their nails to the quick, they bite off all the white part at the end of each nail.

quick的意思

e.g. Her fingernails are bitten to the quick.
她的手指甲都被咬秃了。

9. 触及（…）痛处;极大伤害；令…伤透了心
If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel very upset.

e.g. I once heard her weeping in her bedroom, which cut me to the quick.
有一次，我听见她在卧室里哭泣，这深深地刺痛了我的心。

10. quick as a flash -> see flash
quick off the mark -> see mark
quick on the uptake -> see uptake

1. quick：quadratic upwind interpolation of convective kinematics scheme; quick格式