| 釋義 |
rapid /'raepid; 'raepid/ adj 1 quick; moving, occurring with great speed: 迅速的; 敏捷的; 快速的： a ~ decline in sales; 銷售量急速下降; a ~ pulse/ river/worker; 跳動(dòng)很快的脈搏(水流湍急的河; 敏捷的工人 ); (of action) done quickly: (指動(dòng)作)很快完成的： ~-fire questions, in ~ succession. 連珠炮似的問題。 2 (of a slope) steep; descending steeply. (指斜坡)急陡的; 陡峭下斜的。 n (usu pl) part of a river where a steep slope causes the water to flow fast. (通常用復(fù)數(shù))急灘; 湍流。 ~ly adv rap-id-ity /ra'pidsti; rs'pidati/ n [U]. |