| 单词 | celerity |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [si'leriti] |
| 解释 | n. 快速，迅速 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.快速，迅速(swiftn ess in acting or moving; speed) 【记】 celer(速度)+ity 【同】 同根词：accelerate( 加速); decelerate(减速) |
| 字源 | celerity (n.) late 15c., from Old French celeritee (14c., Modern French célérité), from Latin celeritatem (nominative celeritas) "swiftness," from celer "swift," from possible PIE root *kel- "to drive, set in swift motion" (cognates: Sanskrit carati "goes," Greek keles "fast horse or ship," keleuthos "journey, road," Lithuanian sulys "a gallop," Old High German scelo "stallion"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 迅速(行动或移动敏捷) = speed 【例】Celerity is the soul of warfare 兵贵神速. 【根】celer速度 【参】accelerate(v 加速); decelerate(v 减速) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】celerat 速度，accelerate 加速 【相关】decelerate 减速 |
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