/kwɪk ||; kwɪk/adj1 done with speed; taking or lasting a short time 快速做完的;花费或持续短时间的: May I make a quick telephone call? 可以让我很快地打个电话吗?This dish is quick and easy to make. 这道菜做起来既不费时又容易。His quick thinking saved her life. 他脑筋快,才救了她的性命。We need to make a quick decision. 我们得很快做出决定。
2 quick (to do sth) doing sth at speed or in a short time 快;迅速;快捷: It's quicker to travel by train. 搭乘火车比较快捷。Nicola is a quick worker. 尼古拉做事手脚很快。She was quick to point out all the mistakes I had made. 她很快便指出了我犯的所有错误。 ☞ Fast is more often used for describing a person or thing that moves or can move at great speed a fast horse/car/runner. Quick is more often used for describing sth that is done in a short time a quick decision/visit. fast较常用来形容动作或速度快的人或物:a fast horse/car/runner跑得快的马╱车╱人。quick较常用来形容在短时间内完成的事:a quick decision/visit很快做出的决定;短暂的探访
3 used to form compound adjectives 用于构成复合形容词: quick-thinking 思维敏捷quick-drying paint 快干油漆
(as) quick as a flash very quickly 飞快;一闪而过;快如闪电:
Quick as a flash, he grabbed my money and ran. 他动作飞快抢了我的钱跑掉了。 quick/slow on the uptake→
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