rapid

英['r?p?d] 美['r?p?d]

反義詞tardy slow

比較級:?rapider;最高級:?rapidest;副詞:?rapidly;名詞:?rapidity;

rapid 快速的

來自拉丁語 rapere,抓住，抓取，詞源同 rob,rip,rapid.引申詞義快速的。

rapid: rapid: [17] Like rape and rapture, rapid comes ultimately from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’. From this was derived the adjective rapidus, which originally denoted ‘carrying off by force’. The notion of ‘swiftness’ soon became incorporated into the meaning, however, and although the Latin adjective retained its original connotations of violence (it suggested ‘impetuous speed’ or ‘haste’), by the time it reached English it had simply become synonymous with ‘quick’.
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rapid (adj.): 1630s, "moving quickly," from French rapide (17c.) and directly from Latin rapidus "hasty, swift, rapid; snatching; fierce, impetuous," from rapere "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder," from PIE root *rep- "to snatch" (cognates: Greek ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away," Lithuanian raples "tongs"). Meaning "happening in a short time" is from 1780. Related: Rapidly; rapidness. Rapid-transit first attested 1852, in reference to street railways; rapid eye movement is from 1906.

1. The company made a rapid-fire series of settlements with 25 States.: 公司同25個州進行了一連串迅速的結算。

2. Two rapid transit trains collided early this morning in Boston.: 今晨早些時候，兩輛高速火車在波士頓相撞。

3. Leonard made a rapid calculation: he'd never make it in time.: 倫納德快速盤算了一下：他肯定趕不上了。

4. The metamorphosis from anxious wife to feted author was rapid and dramatic.: 從整日焦慮的妻子到受人追捧的作家，這變化迅速而劇烈。

5. Police pulled him over doing 120km/h, making rapid changes and tailgating.: 警察令他把車靠邊停下，因為他的時速高達120公里還一直快速變道、緊貼行駛。