swift

英 [swɪft] 美[swɪft]

n. 褐雨燕
adj. 快的；迅速的；敏捷的；立刻的
adv. 迅速地
n. (Swift)人名；(英)斯威夫特

近义词 fast quick rapid speedy expeditious hasty fleet agile nimble

反义词 slow

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英英释义

1. small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

2. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

同义词辨析

fast, quick, rapid, swift, hasty, prompt, speedy, instant

这几个形容词都有"快，迅速"之意。

fast：常指人或物持续地高速运动，强调运动的方式。

quick：特指瞬时动作，强调动作敏捷迅速；也指匆忙的行为，而不暗示速度很快。

rapid比fast和quick正式，常指运动本身，侧重速度惊人。所指动作可能是短暂的，也可能是持续的。

swift：正式用词，强调非常迅速，往往含动作轻快敏捷之意。

hasty：多指匆忙、草率或仓促的行动，着重缺乏深思熟虑。

prompt：主要指动作迅速，毫不拖延，含"快得令人愉悦"的意味。

speedy：指人或物或其运动、活动时，着重极度的快捷，多含匆忙意味。

instant：指某事很快发生或急待解决，含刻不容缓之意。

考试真题

When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.

Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones.

Responsible for the change has been the astonishingly swift development in recent years of the computer.

Taylor's swift action helped her teammates calm down.

实用场景例句

swift action: 迅速的行动

a swift decision: 迅即作出的决定

The White House was swift to deny the rumours.: 白宫立刻对这些传言予以否认。

a swift current: 湍急的水流

a swift runner: 跑得飞快的人

She moved swiftly to the rescue.: 她迅速赶来营救。

Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision...: 我们的任务是敦促联合国快速做出决策。

The police were swift to act.: 警方行动迅速。

With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.: 马修· 杰罗尔德迅速坐直了。

The landing is both swift and sure.: 落地既快又稳.

He is swift with his judgments.: 他判断迅速.

The domestic electronic payment is assuming the geometry numerical expression swift growth.: 国内电子支付正呈几何数式地快速增长.

He made a remarkably swift recovery.: 他康复得相当快.

He is as swift of foot as a hare.: 他跑得像兔子一样快.

Swept along by the swift current, he was in imminent danger of going over the falls.: 他被急流冲走, 跌入瀑布的危险已迫在眉睫.

A brave fellow is as good as his words, a swift horse needs no spurring.: 好汉一言, 快马一鞭.

She is swift to anger.: 她爱生气.

A swift change is longed for, but unlikely.: 人们期盼着更快的变化, 但不太可能.

The current is swift.: 水流湍急.

The flood roared on, swift and violent.: 水势迅猛异常.

He gave them a swift glance.: 他迅速地朝他们瞥了一眼.

He has a swift wit.: 他有急智.

He plunged into the swift current and rescued one child after another.: 他纵身跳进了激流,救起了一个又一个孩子.

In the swift the day before that year's wheat harvest, a rainstorm threatened.: 在那一年麦收的前一天, 一场暴雨眼看就要来临.

A swift clap of thunder woke me.: 一阵突然的雷鸣把我惊醒.

Light and shade come in swift alternation ; Days and months flash by as quickly as a weaver's shuttle.: 光阴似箭,日月如梭.

中文词源

swift 迅速的，敏捷的

来自古英语 swift,快速的，来自 Proto-Germanic*swiftaz,快速的，来自 PIE*sweip,缠绕，弯曲，来自 PIE*swei,弯，转，摇摆，词源同 swing,sweep.引申诸相关词义。

助记提示

1. sweep => swift.
2. 表现的是一种“秋风扫落叶”般的快速、迅速、敏捷。
3. 一扫而光。

双语例句

1. He is very sharp, a quick thinker and swift with repartee.: 他非常机敏，反应很快，并且能说会道。

2. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.: 贼鸥是飞行速度很快的黑色鸟类，尾部长而分叉。

3. He is a stupendously swift writer.: 他是个非常多产的作家。

4. With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.: 马修·杰罗尔德迅速坐直了。

5. The White House was swift to deny the rumours.: 白宫立刻对这些传言予以否认。

英文词源

swift: swift: [OE] The etymological meaning of swift appears to be ‘moving along a course’; ‘speed’ is a secondary development. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *swei- ‘swing, bend’, which also produced English sweep, swivel [14], and the long defunct swive ‘copulate with’ (a descendant of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course’). Its use as a name for the fast-flying swallow-like bird dates from the 17th century.
=> sweep, swivel
swift (adj.): Old English swift "moving quickly," perhaps originally "turning quickly," from Proto-Germanic swip- (see swivel (n.)). Related: Swiftly; swiftness.
swift (n.): type of bird (several species of the family Cypselidæ, resembling swallows), 1660s, from swift (adj.) in reference to its swift flight. Regarded as a bird of ill-omen, if not downright demonic, probably for its shrill cry. The name earlier had been given to several small fast lizards (1520s).

词态变化

复数: swifts;副词: swiftly;名词: swiftness;