/spi:d ||; spid/verb [I] (
past tense past participle sped /sped
||; spɛd/)
1 to go or move very quickly 以高速前进或移动: He sped round the corner on his bicycle. 他骑自行车急速绕过拐角。
2 (only used in the continuous tenses 只用于进行时) to drive a car, etc faster than the legal speed limit 超速行车等: The police said she had been speeding. 警方说她超速行车。
speed (sth) up (
past tense past participle speeded) to go or make sth go faster 加速;加快:
The new computer system should speed up production in the factory. 新的计算机系统应该能加快工厂的生产。