英汉词典

rapid 基本解释

• adj. 迅速的，急促的；飞快的；险峻的
• n. 急流；高速交通工具，高速交通网

rapid 词态变化

rapid 中文词源

来自拉丁语 rapere,抓住，抓取，词源同 rob,rip,rapid.引申词义快速的。

rapid 英文词源

rapid

rapid: [17] Like rape and rapture, rapid comes ultimately from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’. From this was derived the adjective rapidus, which originally denoted ‘carrying off by force’. The notion of ‘swiftness’ soon became incorporated into the meaning, however, and although the Latin adjective retained its original connotations of violence (it suggested ‘impetuous speed’ or ‘haste’), by the time it reached English it had simply become synonymous with ‘quick’.
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rapid (adj.)

1630s, "moving quickly," from French rapide (17c.) and directly from Latin rapidus "hasty, swift, rapid; snatching; fierce, impetuous," from rapere "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder," from PIE root *rep- "to snatch" (cognates: Greek ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away," Lithuanian raples "tongs"). Meaning "happening in a short time" is from 1780. Related: Rapidly; rapidness. Rapid-transit first attested 1852, in reference to street railways; rapid eye movement is from 1906.

rapid 英文释义

1. a part of a river where the current is very fast

rapid 同义词解析

fast, quick, rapid, swift, hasty, prompt, speedy, instant

这几个形容词都有"快，迅速"之意。

fast： 常指人或物持续地高速运动，强调运动的方式。

quick： 特指瞬时动作，强调动作敏捷迅速；也指匆忙的行为，而不暗示速度很快。

rapid比fast和quick正式，常指运动本身，侧重速度惊人。所指动作可能是短暂的，也可能是持续的。

swift： 正式用词，强调非常迅速，往往含动作轻快敏捷之意。

hasty： 多指匆忙、草率或仓促的行动，着重缺乏深思熟虑。

prompt： 主要指动作迅速，毫不拖延，含"快得令人愉悦"的意味。

speedy： 指人或物或其运动、活动时，着重极度的快捷，多含匆忙意味。

instant： 指某事很快发生或急待解决，含刻不容缓之意。

rapid 双语例句

1. The company made a rapid-fire series of settlements with 25 States.

公司同25个州进行了一连串迅速的结算。

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2. Two rapid transit trains collided early this morning in Boston.

今晨早些时候，两辆高速火车在波士顿相撞。

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3. Leonard made a rapid calculation: he'd never make it in time.

伦纳德快速盘算了一下：他肯定赶不上了。

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4. The metamorphosis from anxious wife to feted author was rapid and dramatic.

从整日焦虑的妻子到受人追捧的作家，这变化迅速而剧烈。

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5. Police pulled him over doing 120km/h, making rapid changes and tailgating.

警察令他把车靠边停下，因为他的时速高达120公里还一直快速变道、紧贴行驶。

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rapid 实用场景例句

rapid change/expansion/growth

迅速的改变 / 扩张 / 增长

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a rapid rise/decline in sales

销售额的急剧上升 / 下降

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The patient made a rapid recovery .

病人很快恢复了健康。

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a rapid pulse/heartbeat

急促的脉搏 / 心跳

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The guard fired four shots in rapid succession.

卫兵接连开了四枪。

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The disease is spreading at a rapid rate.

这种疾病正在迅速蔓延。

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[不可数名词]the rapidity of economic growth

经济增长的高速度

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The disease is spreading with alarming rapidity.

这种疾病正在以令人吃惊的速度蔓延。

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a rapidly growing economy

迅速增长的经济

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Crime figures are rising rapidly.

犯罪数字正在迅速上升。

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...the country's rapid economic growth in the 1980's...

20世纪80年代该国经济的迅速增长

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This signals a rapid change of mind by the government.

这标志着政府思想的急剧转变。

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He walked at a rapid pace along Charles Street.

他快步走过查尔斯大街。

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...whether the Tunnel will provide more rapid car transport than ferries...

隧道是否能够提供比渡船更加快捷的车辆运输

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The rapid movement of an object towards the eye triggers the blink reflex.

快速朝眼前移动物体,就会引起眨眼反应.

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The detachment made a rapid march of 100 li in one night.

部队急行军,一夜走了一百里.

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Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.

用水量的增加导致了地下水贮备迅速枯竭.

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The problem of pollution arises along with the rapid development of industry.

随着工业的迅速发展,产生了污染问题.

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Owing to the help from his comrades, he has made rapid progress.

由于同志们的帮助, 他进步很快.

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He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.

他很快连续发表了一系列的作品.

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A cultural and social evolution now becomes rapid.

现在文化和社会发展很快.

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The current was rapid.

水流得很急.

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We heard the rapid crackle of automatic gunfire.

我们听到自动枪炮发出快速的射击声.

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A rapid rise in price soon eventuated in mass unemployment.

物价迅速上涨,结果造成了大量失业.

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The disease makes rapid progress.

病情迅速好转.

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Rapid industrial growth makes new demands on science and technology.

工业的发展对科技提出新要求.

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He has made rapid and brilliant progress in his studies.

他在学业上有着迅速而突出的进步.

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His rapid ascent in the social scale was surprising.

他的社会地位提高之迅速令人吃惊.

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They pride themselves upon their child's rapid progress.

他们为孩子们的迅速进步而自豪.

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