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Swift Adj Quickly Bird A.迅速的;敏捷的 英 迅速的 Move

单词 swift
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
趣味全助记 【记】同waft,音:速 + 微风,速度很快的微风

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