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单词 quickness
释义
quickness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkwɪk.nəs/us
/ˈkwɪk.nəs/
thequalityof beingfast:
the quickness of hismovements
her quickness tounderstand
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quick
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  • He had anobviousintelligenceand quickness about him.
  • She is ayoungtalentwithexceptionalstrengthand quickness
  • His quickness ofmindismatchedby hismovement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fast and rapid
  • (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
  • apace
  • as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
  • as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
  • at a rate of knotsidiom
  • fleet
  • hypersonic
  • in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
  • Jack Robinson
  • lickety-split
  • lightning
  • like a shotidiom
  • prompt
  • souped-up
  • spread like wildfireidiom
  • streak
  • super-express
  • superfast
  • swift
  • wildfire
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(Definition ofquicknessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquickness

quickness
It teaches unselfishness, esprit de corps,quicknessof decision, and keeps fit those engaged in it.
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Or perhaps this increasedquicknessleads to joint or knee problems for her later in life.
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It is likequicknessof hearing.
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That does not conjure up speed,quicknessor efficiency.
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Quicknessto attribute damage to monofilament nets underestimates the extent to which salmon are damaged by seals.
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Their endurance, their courage, their humour, theirquickness, their initiative in a difficult situation, are remarkable.
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Experience, judgment, eyesight andquicknessof mind all come into play.
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After all, a trickster on the race course uses three cards before thequicknessof the hand deceives the eye.
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Thequicknessof the hand deceives the eye.
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It destroys, quite unnecessarily and absurdly, the efficientquicknessto respond of local councils in smaller matters.
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There has to be resilience,quicknessof adjustment, and fast rearrangement of programmes.
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Herequicknessto learn is only one factor, though an important one, especially for the technical corps.
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I am sure that he speaks only for himself in regard to thequicknessof wit between men and women in arithmetic.
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A sudden flash; thequicknessof the mind; it is done, and he is there.
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Thequicknessof his hand has deceived the eye.
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