n. 核心;伤口的嫩肉
adj. 快的;迅速的,敏捷的;灵敏的
adv. 迅速地,快
n. (Quick)人名;(英、德、瑞典、芬)奎克
quick 快速的,活的,有生命的
来自古英语cwic,活的,有生命的,来自PIE*gweie,存活,生命,词源同zoo,vival.引申词义 快速的,敏捷的。
NE swift or the now more common fast may apply to rapid motion of any duration, while in quick (in accordance with its original sense of 'live, lively') there is a notion of 'sudden' or 'soon over.' We speak of a fast horse or runner in a race, a quick starter but not a quick horse. A somewhat similar feeling may distinguish NHG schnell and rasch or it may be more a matter of local preference. [Buck]Of persons, "mentally active," from late 15c. Also in Middle English used of soft soils, gravel pits, etc. where the ground is shifting and yielding (mid-14c., compare quicksand). As an adverb from c. 1300. To be quick about something is from 1937. Quick buck is from 1946, American English. Quick-change artist (1886) originally was an actor expert in playing different roles in the same performance of a show. Quick-witted is from 1520s.