英汉词典

quick 基本解释

• n. 核心；伤口的嫩肉
• adj. 快的；迅速的，敏捷的；灵敏的
• adv. 迅速地，快
• n. (Quick)人名；(英、德、瑞典、芬)奎克

quick 词态变化

quick 中文词源

来自古英语cwic,活的，有生命的，来自PIE*gweie,存活，生命，词源同zoo,vival.引申词义 快速的，敏捷的。

quick 英文词源

quick

quick: [OE] Originally quick meant ‘alive’ (as in the now fossilized phrase the quick and the dead); it was not until the 13th century that the sense ‘rapid’ began to emerge. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *kwikwaz (which also produced Swedish kvick ‘rapid’); and this was descended from an Indo-European base *gwej-, which branched out into Latin vīvus ‘alive’ (source of English vivid), Greek bíos ‘life’ (source of English biology), Welsh byw ‘alive’, Russian zhivoj ‘alive’, etc.

The couch of couch grass [16] is a variant of the now seldom encountered quitch, whose Old English ancestor cwice may be related to quick (the allusion presumably being to its vigorous growth).
=> biology, vivid

quick (adj.)

Old English cwic "living, alive, animate," and figuratively, of mental qualities, "rapid, ready," from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian quik, Old Norse kvikr "living, alive," Dutch kwik "lively, bright, sprightly," Old High German quec "lively," German keck "bold"), from PIE root *gweie- (1) "to live" (see bio-). Sense of "lively, swift" developed by late 12c., on notion of "full of life."

NE swift or the now more common fast may apply to rapid motion of any duration, while in quick (in accordance with its original sense of 'live, lively') there is a notion of 'sudden' or 'soon over.' We speak of a fast horse or runner in a race, a quick starter but not a quick horse. A somewhat similar feeling may distinguish NHG schnell and rasch or it may be more a matter of local preference. [Buck]

Of persons, "mentally active," from late 15c. Also in Middle English used of soft soils, gravel pits, etc. where the ground is shifting and yielding (mid-14c., compare quicksand). As an adverb from c. 1300. To be quick about something is from 1937. Quick buck is from 1946, American English. Quick-change artist (1886) originally was an actor expert in playing different roles in the same performance of a show. Quick-witted is from 1520s.

quick (n.)

"living persons," Old English cwic, from quick (adj.); frequently paired with the dead, as in Old English cwicum & deadum. The quick "tender part of the flesh" (under a nail, etc.) is from 1520s, as is the figurative use of it.

quick 词组搭配

quick 英文释义

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

quick 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。

quick 双语例句

1. Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick.

别担心，我们会很快把你从这儿弄出去的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This delicious variation on an omelette is quick and easy to prepare.

这种稍加变化的可口煎蛋卷做起来又快又容易。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I looked at what he'd given me and did a quick subtraction.

我看着他给我的东西，快速做了个减法。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She gave him a quick, upward look, then lowered her eyes.

她抬眼迅速瞥了他一下，然后眼睛又垂了下去。

来自柯林斯例句

5. His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke.

他的朋友们说，以前他讲笑话总是张嘴就来。

来自柯林斯例句

quick 实用场景例句

She gave him a quick glance.

她迅速扫了他一眼。

牛津词典

These cakes are very quick and easy to make.

这些糕饼做起来又快又简单。

牛津词典

Would you like a quick drink?

你要不要小饮一杯？

牛津词典

The doctor said she'd make a quick recovery.

医生说她很快就能康复。

牛津词典

It's quicker by train.

坐火车比较快一些。

牛津词典

Are you sure this is the quickest way?

你确信这是最快捷的方法吗？

牛津词典

Have you finished already? That was quick!

你已经做完了？真快呀！

牛津词典

His quick thinking saved her life.

他敏捷的思考救了她一命。

牛津词典

He fired three shots in quick succession .

他瞬间连发三枪。

牛津词典

a quick learner

学得快的人

牛津词典

The kids were quick to learn.

那些孩子学东西很快。

牛津词典

She was quick (= too quick) to point out the mistakes I'd made.

她总爱挑我的毛病。

牛津词典

Her quick hands suddenly stopped moving.

她敏捷的双手突然停下不动了。

牛津词典

Try to be quick ! We're late already.

你尽量快点！我们已经晚了。

牛津词典

Once again, his quick wits (= quick thinking) got him out of an awkward situation.

他的急智使他再次摆脱了窘境。

牛津词典

(North Amercian English,informal)He's a quick study (= he learns quickly) .

他学东西特别快。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I think I'm a reasonably quick learner...

我认为我是一个学东西还算快的人。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Prost went quickest.

普罗斯特走得最快。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He took one last quick look about the room...

他朝房间匆匆扫了最后一眼。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I just popped in for a quick drink...

我只是顺路过来小酌一杯。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

These investors feel the need to make quick profits.

这些投资者觉得收益必须立竿见影。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I got away as quick as I could...

我尽快离开了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her fingernails are bitten to the quick.

她的手指甲都被咬秃了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典