quickened
past simple and past participle ofquicken
| 单词 | quickened |
| 释义 | quickened past simple and past participle ofquicken quicken verb[IorT] uk/ˈkwɪk.ən/us/ˈkwɪk.ən/tobecomequicker, or to make somethingbecomequicker: This ismusicthat will makeyourpulsequicken. We'll have to quicken thepaceif wewanttokeepup with him. literaryPeterwalkedin theroomand herheartquickened. If afeelingorqualityquickens, itbecomesmoreactive, or to make afeelingorqualitydo this: Hisinterestquickened when hesawher. War quickensourawareness. Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Increasing and intensifying Examplesofquickenedquickened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It alsoquickenedthe urgency for the state to enact this executive role. From theCambridge English Corpus Towards the end of the 19th century the pace of colonial takeovers and commercial penetration of poor countriesquickened. From theCambridge English Corpus Following the crises of the 1590s, the pace of change seems to havequickened. From theCambridge English Corpus The prose in it, heavy and awkward, clomps along, rarelyquickenedby an active verb, a concrete noun, or a vivid modifier. From theCambridge English Corpus After 1973, the pace of varietal developmentquickened, with 14 new releases (eight durum, six bread wheat, by 1993). From theCambridge English Corpus Each time he first caught sight of his wife when she visited, his movementsquickened. From theCambridge English Corpus The pacequickenedas we moved on with a brief discussion in preparation for a wholegroup improvisation. From theCambridge English Corpus As noted earlier, good-quality soil farmers with extra cash had similar outcomes, but on poor-quality soils, slightly higher cash endowmentsquickenedthe establishment of viable farms and increased deforestation. From theCambridge English Corpus The pressure groups were thrown up as imperfect and transitional answers to novel imperatives, in a process which began in the 188os andquickenedin the 1890s. From theCambridge English Corpus From that moment, the pacequickened. From theCambridge English Corpus Some extra facilities have been brought into play and the pace of the cull has undoubtedlyquickened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that aquickenedpublic conscience has made some of these cases of more news value than they used to be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The pace of collapsequickenedin the last quarter of 1991: from 900 collapses a week to 995, or 199 business collapses each working day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Assets which are now largely sterilised arequickenedand made liquid. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The tempo of progressquickenedwith constitutional discussions held locally in 1963. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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