quicken
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If something quickens or if you quicken it, it becomes faster or moves at a greater speed. 加快
Ann's pulse quickened in alarm. 安的脈搏因驚恐而加快了。
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quicken /?kw?k?n/ (quickening,quickened,quickens)
劍橋詞典
- to become quicker , or to make something become quicker
（使）變快，（使）加速
This is music that will make your pulse quicken. 這是那種能讓你脈搏加快的音樂。
We'll have to quicken the pace if we want to keep up with him. 我們要想趕上他的話就得加快速度。
literary Peter walked in the room and her heart quickened. 彼得走進(jìn)了房間，她的心跳加快了。
If a feeling or quality quickens, it becomes more active , or to make a feeling or quality do this.
（情緒，素質(zhì)）受到激發(fā)；激發(fā)（情緒，素質(zhì)）
His interest quickened when he saw her. 儅見到她時(shí)，他的興致大增。
War quickens our awareness . 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)使我們更加警覺。 返回 quicken