rapid
rapid 英 [ˈræpɪd] 美 [ˈræpɪd]
adj. 迅速的；飞快的
名词复数:rapids
- Rapid means happening with great speed or in a brief period of time. Think of Rapid Eye Movement (REM sleep), when your eyes are darting back and forth quickly — trying to follow your fast-paced dreams.
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- adj. 迅速的；飞快的
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1. a rapid rise sales, a rapid declinein sales
销售额的急剧上升╱下降
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2. The patient made a rapid recovery.
病人很快恢复了健康。
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3. a rapid pulse, a rapid heartbeat
急促的脉搏╱心跳
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4. The disease is spreading at a rapid rate.
这种疾病正在迅速蔓延。
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5. a rapidly growing economy
迅速增长的经济
- 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" (source also of Greek ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away," Lithuanian raplės "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.
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