quickened是什么意思？

quickened

• v. （使）变快，增速，加快( quicken的过去式和过去分词 )，苏醒，使有生机；

例句

• Spring rains quickened the earth. 春雨使大地充满生机。
• He quickened his steps. 他加快了脚步。
• The patient’s pulse quickened. 病人的脉搏加快了。
• Ainslie's pulse quickened in alarm. 由于惊恐，安斯利的脉搏加快了。
• He quickened his step. 他加快了步伐。
• In the late 1850s the speed of technological change quickened. 19世纪50年代末期，技术变革的速度加快了。
• After this, the pace of events quickened measurably. 从此以后，事情进展的速度明显加快了。
• Prissy quickened her gait infinitesimally and Scarlett went back into the house. 百里茜这才稍稍加快了脚步,思嘉也回到屋里来.
• The contingent quickened its advance. 队伍加速前进.
• He quickened his pace a little. 他稍稍加快了步伐。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (使)加快;(使)加速;(使)变快
  If something quickens or if you quicken it, it becomes faster or moves at a greater speed.
  例句
  Ainslie's pulse quickened in alarm... 由于惊恐，安斯利的脉搏加快了。 He quickened his pace a little. 他稍稍加快了步伐。