quickest

英 [ˈkwɪkɪst]

美 [ˈkwɪkɪst]

adv.  迅速地; 快速地; …敏捷的; 迅速的
adj.  快的; 迅速的; 时间短暂的; 敏捷的; 立竿见影的
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COCA.14812

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 快的;迅速的;急速的
  Someone or something that isquickmoves or does things with great speed.
  1. 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。
  2. I think I'm a reasonably quick learner...
     我认为我是一个学东西还算快的人。
  3. Europe has moved a long way since then at a very quick pace.
     从那以后，欧洲迅速发展，并取得了长足的进步。
• ADV-GRADED (quicker 有时表示“以更快的速度”，quickest表示“以最快的速度”，quick有时表示“以很快的速度”，但有些人认为这种用法并不规范)
  Quickeris sometimes used to mean 'at a greater speed', andquickestto mean 'at the greatest speed'.Quickis sometimes used to mean 'with great speed'. Some people consider this to be non-standard.
  1. 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。
  2. Prost went quickest.
     普罗斯特走得最快。
• ADJ-GRADED 短暂的;持续时间很短的
  Something that isquicktakes or lasts only a short time.
  1. He took one last quick look about the room...
     他朝房间匆匆扫了最后一眼。
  2. I just popped in for a quick drink...
     我只是顺路过来小酌一杯。
  3. Although this recipe looks long, it is actually very quick to prepare...
     尽管这个菜谱看上去很长，其实做起来很快。
  4. My father would have driven me to Cornwall, but we decided it would be quicker by train.
     父亲原本要开车送我去康沃尔，但我们还是觉得坐火车更快。
• ADJ-GRADED 立刻发生的;很快发生的
  Quickmeans happening without delay or with very little delay.
  1. 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。
  2. These investors feel the need to make quick profits.
     这些投资者觉得收益必须立竿见影。
• ADV-GRADED 迅速发生地;很快发生地
  Quickis sometimes used to mean 'with very little delay'.
  1. I got away as quick as I could...
     我尽快离开了。
  2. 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。
  3. The advantage in going faster is that you get there quicker.
     快点走的好处在于，你可以早点到达那里。
• ADJ-GRADED 立刻的;马上的
  If you arequick todo something, you do not hesitate to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 性情急躁的;容易发怒的
  If someone has aquicktemper, they are easily made angry.
• PHRASE 咬到了指甲肉；咬秃指甲
  If someonebitestheir nailsto the quick, they bite off all the white part at the end of each nail.
  1. Her fingernails are bitten to the quick.
     她的手指甲都被咬秃了。
• PHRASE 触及（…）痛处;极大伤害；令…伤透了心
  If somethingcutsyouto the quick, it makes you feel very upset.
  1. 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。
• quick as a flash→ see:flash

英英释义

adv

• most quickly
  Synonym:fastest

双语例句

• The quickest means of travel is by plane.
  最快的交通工具是飞机。
• You are the quickest messenger I know, and will get to Temple Bar long before I can.
  你是我所认识的最快的信使，赶回法学院大门比我要快多了。
• What's the quickest route to downtown?
  去市中心最快的路线是什么？
• However, in some instances it is the quickest way to achieve a goal.
  但是，在有些情况下这是达到目标最快的一种方式。
• What's the quickest you can get a new seat?
  你最快什么时候能搞到一个座垫？
• The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.
  要使她摆脱毒品，最快的方法是让她彻底戒毒。
• If you could show me the quickest way to the varden.
  你能告诉我去瓦登最快的路线么。
• We find that it is the quickest way to determine what is going on in your system.
  我们发现它是查明系统运行情况的最快方法。
• This is one of the quickest remedies one can think of.
  这是其中一个最快的补救措施之一，能想到的。
• What's the quickest way to send this?
  寄这份邮件最快的方法是什麽？