rapid
adjective
uk/ˈræp.ɪd/us/ˈræp.ɪd/B2
fastorsudden:
快的;迅猛的The 1990s were aperiodof rapidchange/growth.20世纪90年代是一个迅猛突变/发展的时期。
I wasstartledby a rapidmovementto myleft.我左边什么东西猛地动了一下,吓了我一跳。
Hisresponseto theaccusationwas rapid.他对这种指责马上作出了回应。
Synonyms
expeditiousformal
fast(QUICK)
quick
speedy
swift
fast
- fastI tried to catch him, but he was too fast for me.
- quickI tried to catch him, but he was too quick for me.
- promptA prompt reply would be very much appreciated.
- speedyEveryone is hoping for a speedy resolution to the conflict.
- swiftThe teacher's swift action saved his life.
- Herclimbtopowerhas been very rapid.
- The rapidgrowthofoppositionto theplanhassurprisedthecouncil.
- Thereportnotesa rapiddeclineinmanufacturedgoods.
- She had her first threechildrenin rapidsuccession.
- Technologicalprogresshas been so rapid over the last fewyears.
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