quickening 音標拼音: [kw'ɪkənɪŋ]
a . 使活的,使復生的,使活潑的
n . 胎動
使活的,使復生的,使活潑的胎動
quickening n 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 the movements of the fetus 3 :
the act of accelerating ;
increasing the speed [
synonym :
{
acceleration }, {
quickening }, {
speedup }] [
ant :
{
deceleration }]
Quicken \
Quick "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
quickened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Quickening }.] [
AS .
cwician .
See {
Quick },
a .]
1 .
To make alive ;
to vivify ;
to revive or resuscitate ,
as from death or an inanimate state ;
hence ,
to excite ;
to ,
stimulate ;
to incite .
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1913 Webster ]
The mistress which I serve quickens what '
s dead .
--
Shak .
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Like a fruitful garden without an hedge ,
that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize .
--
South .
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2 .
To make lively ,
active ,
or sprightly ;
to impart additional energy to ;
to stimulate ;
to make quick or rapid ;
to hasten ;
to accelerate ;
as ,
to quicken one '
s steps or thoughts ;
to quicken one '
s departure or speed .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Shipbuilding )
To shorten the radius of (
a curve );
to make (
a curve )
sharper ;
as ,
to quicken the sheer ,
that is ,
to make its curve more pronounced .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To revive ;
resuscitate ;
animate ;
reinvigorate ;
vivify ;
refresh ;
stimulate ;
sharpen ;
incite ;
hasten ;
accelerate ;
expedite ;
dispatch ;
speed .
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Quickening \
Quick "
en *
ing \,
n .
1 .
The act or process of making or of becoming quick .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Physiol .)
The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt by the mother ,
occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy .
It has been popularly supposed to be due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life .
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1913 Webster ]
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quickening ":
acceleration ,
activating ,
animating ,
animation ,
animative ,
bracing ,
clarification ,
double time ,
double -
quick ,
double -
quick time ,
drive ,
easing ,
energizing ,
enlivening ,
enlivenment ,
exhilarating ,
exhilaration ,
exhilarative ,
expediting ,
expedition ,
facilitation ,
festination ,
forced march ,
forwarding ,
getaway ,
hastening ,
hurrying ,
impetus ,
invigorating ,
invigoration ,
invigorative ,
life -
giving ,
pickup ,
revitalization ,
revival ,
rousing ,
simplification ,
simplifying ,
smoothing ,
speeding ,
speedup ,
step -
up ,
stimulating ,
stimulation ,
stimulative ,
streamlining ,
thrust ,
tonic ,
viable ,
vitalization ,
vitalizing ,
vivification ,
vivifying
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