quickening是什么意思？

quickening

英['kwɪkənɪŋ] 美['kwɪkənɪŋ]

• n. 复生，活泼，兴奋，胎动初觉；
• v. （使）变快，增速，加快( quicken的现在分词 )，苏醒，使有生机；

例句

• The seeds are quickening in the soil. 种子在土壤里发芽生长.
• Pity is a lever for quickening love. 怜悯是加速爱情的手段.
• Quickening his pace, he soon left all the other runners behind. 他加快速度, 不一会就把别的运动员都甩在后头了.
• The season does induce a quickening of the blood and a heightening of humankind's sensual pleasures. 这个季节的确会加速血液循环、提高人们感官的兴奋程度.

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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the process of showing signs of life;
  "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
  2. the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels movements of the fetus
  3. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

行业词典

• 医学： 胎动初感：首次感到胎动，通常出现在妊娠第16～18周；
  药学： 胎动感；