单词 | swift |
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音标 | [swift] |
解释 | a.迅速的;敏捷的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 迅速的( able to move at great speed);敏捷的(ready or quick in action) 【例】 a swift reply |
字源 | swift (adj.) Old English swift "moving quickly," perhaps originally "turning quickly," from Proto-Germanic swip- (see swivel (n.)). Related: Swiftly; swiftness. swift (n.) type of bird (several species of the family Cypselidæ, resembling swallows), 1660s, from swift (adj.) in reference to its swift flight. Regarded as a bird of ill-omen, if not downright demonic, probably for its shrill cry. The name earlier had been given to several small fast lizards (1520s). |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】同waft,音:速 + 微风,速度很快的微风 |
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