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rapid 音标拼音: [r'æpəd] [r'æpɪd] a. 迅速的,飞快的,急促的,险峻的
n. 急流 迅速的,飞快的,急促的,险峻的急流 rapid快速 rapid adj 1: done or occurring in a brief period of time; " a rapid rise through the ranks" 2: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; " a rapid movement"; " a speedy car"; " a speedy errand boy" [ synonym: { rapid}, { speedy}] n 1: a part of a river where the current is very fastRapid \ Rap" id\ ( r[ a^] p"[ i^] d), a. [ L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. ' arpa` zein: cf. F. rapide. Cf. { Harpy}, { Ravish}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. [ 1913 Webster] Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman. [ 1913 Webster] Rapid
Rapid \ Rap" id\, Rapids \ Rap" ids\( r[ a^] p"[ i^] dz), n. [ Cf. F. rapide. See { Rapid}, a.] The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; sometimes called { whitewater}; -- usually used in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. For boaters on the river, it is a place that can be hazardous, with danger of capsizing or crashing into large rocks. [ 1913 Webster PJC] Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight' s past. -- Moore. [ 1913 Webster] Rapid- fire85 Moby Thesaurus words for " rapid": abrupt, agile, alacritous, bluff, bold, breakneck, brisk, ceaseless, chattering, chute, constant, continual, dashing, double- quick, eagle- winged, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, galloping, hair- trigger, hasty, headlong, high- speed, hurried, hustling, immediate, impetuous, incessant, instant, instantaneous, light of heel, light- footed, lively, machine gun, mercurial, nimble, nimble- footed, oscillating, perennial, perpetual, plunging, precipitate, precipitous, prompt, pulsating, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapids, reckless, regular, repeated, riff, riffle, ripple, running, sault, sharp, sheer, shoot, snappy, spanking, speedy, staccato, steady, steep, stuttering, sudden, sustained, swift, unbroken, unceasing, unchanging, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unremitting, unstopped, unvarying, vertical, vibrating, winged |
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