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BNC: 1833 COCA: 1096

fast

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fast1 /fɑːst $ fæst/ ●●● S2 W2 adjectiveadj  
1  FAST/QUICKmoving quickly 快地，快速地 moving or able to move quickly 快的，快速的
 a fast car
速度很快的汽车
 He’s one of the fastest runners in the world.
他是世界上跑得最快的人之一。
2  in a short time 在短时间内SHORT TIME doing something or happening in a short time 迅速做到的，立即发生的
 The subway is the fastest way to get downtown.
去市中心坐地铁最快。
 The company must give a faster response to clients’ requests.
公司必须更迅速地回应客户要求。
 The rain forests are being chopped down at an alarmingly fast rate.
雨林正以惊人的速度遭砍伐。
 I’m a fast learner.
我一学就会。
3  clock 钟表 [not before noun]TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIME a clock that is fast shows a later time than the real time 偏快的，走得快的
 That can’t be the time – my watch must be fast.
不可能是这个时间——一定是我的表快了。
five minutes/an hour etc fast
 I always keep my watch 15 minutes fast.
我总是把表拨快15分钟。
4  fast track a way of achieving something more quickly than is normally done 通往成功的快车道，快速成功之路
on the fast track
 a young actress on the fast track to fame and success
疾驰在快速收获名利之路上的一名年轻女演员
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on the fast track• Now Chairman Jack Strowger is banking on a bumper Christmas to get profits back on the fast track.• Women have sought business degrees to get on the fast track at big corporations.• Once on the fast track, the momentum will be relentless.• People in Great Groups are never insiders or corporate types on the fast track: They are always on their own track.• Uphill task: The drivers on the fast track to the top.
5. fast road TTRa road on which vehicles can travel very quickly 快车道
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fast road• Wear a helmet, especially if using fast roads.• Gone is the wide fast road and its dangerous crossing, where the stripes gave walkers a false sense of security.• But at the summit there's a fast road down if you take yourself too seriously.
6. fast film/lens TCPa film or lens(2) that can be used when there is little light, or when photographing something that is moving very quickly 快速感光胶卷/快速镜头
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fast film/lens• Minerals giving very low intensity emission, such as quartz grains, required many minutes or even hours of exposure with fast films.
7. colour 颜色DHC a colour that is fast will not change when clothes are washed 色牢度强的，不褪色的 → colourfast
8. sports 体育运动DSFAST/QUICK a fast surface is one on which a ball moves very quickly 〔球场场地〕利于球快速滚动的
9  fast and furious FAST/QUICKdone very quickly with a lot of effort and energy, or happening very quickly with a lot of sudden changes 迅猛的，迅速而剧烈的，迅速多变的
 Arsenal’s opening attack was fast and furious.
阿森纳队的开场进攻很迅猛。
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fast and furious• The following round of questions for the President was fast and furious.• With elections about a year away, proposals for tax cuts are coming fast and furious.• From that point on, the primaries come fast and furious.• Word of what he done would spread fast and furious among that club.• Inside the fence on the main court, the atmosphere is fast and furious and hot and colorful.• New labels and executive changes are coming fast and furious, including a new indie formed by Neil Young and his manager.• The drive from Dundalk was fast and furious, largely because Jessica was late.• Gatien won a fast and furious men's final over 17-21 21-14 17-21 21-18.• Play around the centre spot was fast and furious, though the ground was in total darkness everywhere else.• The work was fast and furious; working up in the top of buildings in January and February made this easy.
10. somebody is a fast worker informalSUCCESSFUL used to say that someone can get what they want very quickly, especially in starting a sexual relationship with another person 某人是个快手〔指能很快达到目的的人，尤指在确立两性关系时〕
11. fast talker DISHONESTsomeone who talks quickly and easily but is often not honest or sincere 口齿伶俐但不一定可靠的人
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fast talker• Lenny Clarke is a fast talker, which might explain why he was torn between politics and comedy.
12  woman 女性 old-fashionedSY becoming involved quickly in sexual relationships with men 放荡的
 fast cars and fast women
高速汽车和放荡的女人
13. fast friends literaryFRIENDLY two people who are very friendly for a long time 挚友
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fast friends• Ishmael and Queequeg become fast friends.• The two of them immediately became fast friends.• Within a few years they had become fast friends.• Other volunteers want to become fast friends and cultural advisers.• The two become fast friends and Herbert gently and tactfully instructs Pip in social behaviour appropriate for a gentleman.• They never, however, became hard and fast friends and there was an unspoken rivalry between them.
→ fast food, fast-forward, fast lane, → make a fast buck at buck1(1), → pull a fast one at pull1(10)
 THESAURUS
fast moving or able to move quickly 快速的
The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.
猎豹是世界上跑得最快的动物。
a fast car
高速汽车
quick moving fast or doing something in a short time 迅速的
He was much quicker than I was over the first 100 metres.
刚开始的100米，他比我快得多。
Do I have time for a quick shower?
我有时间快速冲个澡吗？
high-speed [only before noun] designed to travel or operate very quickly 高速的
a high-speed train
高速火车
high-speed Internet access
高速因特网接入
rapid especially written happening in a short period of time – used about changes, increases, improvements etc 〔指变化、增长、进步等〕迅速的
a rapid increase in the population
人口的迅速增长
the rapid expansion of the firm’s business in the Middle East
公司业务在中东的迅速扩张
na rapid decline in profits
swift written moving quickly or happening after only a short time 迅速移动[发生]的
The horses ran along the track at a swift trot.
马匹沿着赛道飞奔。
He received a swift response to his letter.
他的信很快就有了回音。
brisk quick and energetic 轻快的
a brisk walk in the countryside
轻快的乡间漫步
His manner was very brisk.
他的举止很活泼。
speedy [only before noun] happening after only a short time 迅速的
Everyone wishes you a speedy recovery.
大家都祝你早日康复。
a speedy resolution to the problem
迅速解决该问题的方案
hurried done more quickly than usual, because you do not have much time 匆忙的
She ate a hurried breakfast in the cafe before catching her train.
她在咖啡馆匆匆吃了早餐去赶火车。
We made a hurried departure.
我们匆匆出发了。
hasty deciding or doing something very quickly, especially when this has bad results 仓促的
It was a hasty decision, which he later regretted.
这是个仓促的决定，他过后很懊悔。
Let’s not be too hasty.
我们不要过于仓促。
Examples from the Corpus
fast• Is it really 6:45, or is my watch fast?• The new convertible is fast and fun to drive.• The first pitch was fast and hard.• Boeing's new plane is faster and more luxurious than anything else they have ever produced.• Some in disbelief that a car so beautiful, so fast and so downright delicious could cost as little as £27,000.• Despite its size, the buffalo is a very fast animal and can run up to thirty-five miles per hour.• But I am not as fast as he is.• When I was a kid, I was the fastest boy in my class.• Dean always loved fast cars and expensive clothes.• Other volunteers want to become fast friends and cultural advisers.• Nevertheless, when moral considerations made a fast imperative, his body had no veto.• I'm a pretty fast reader.• We hope Arlene will make a fast recovery.• One man's fast response saved a heart-attack victim's life.• I keep the clock five minutes fast, so I won't be late.• Rosa caught the fast train to London.• Training for speed must work repeatedly on the fast twitch fibres on a stop - go basis.
fast2 ●●● S2 W3 adverbadv  
1  moving quickly 快速移动FAST/QUICK moving quickly 快速移动的
 Slow down – you’re driving too fast.
慢点——你开得太快了。
 a fast-moving river
湍急的河流
 Johnny ran off as fast as his legs could carry him (=running as quickly as he could).
约翰尼飞也似的跑开了。
► see thesaurus at quickly
2  SHORT TIMEin a short time 在短时间内 happening in a short time 不久，立即
 Kids grow up fast these days.
如今小孩子长得很快。
 The survivors needed help fast.
生还者急需帮助。
 How fast can you get the job done?
你多快能把工作做完？
fast becoming/disappearing/approaching etc
 Access to the Internet is fast becoming a necessity.
能够上网不久将变成必需。
 It all happened so fast I didn’t even notice I was bleeding.
一切发生得太快，我甚至还没发觉自己在流血。
3  fast asleep SLEEPsleeping very deeply 熟睡的，酣睡的
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fast asleep• Most of the household was still fast asleep.• Midnight approaches, and those not on duty are fast asleep.• She would have been fast asleep already, but for the Admiral's early-morning call.• She went back as she had come, fast asleep and docile, her face expressionless.• He had intended to visit Meryl, who was probably fast asleep by now.• Bless him, he was fast asleep on the sofa.• When her husband was fast asleep she must leave the bed, light the lamp, and get the knife.• He lay fast asleep, surrounded by flames and smoke.• The second time around, Stafford was fast asleep, wedged in between two large blond businessmen.
4  be stuck/held fast MOVE something OR somebodyto become or be firmly fixed and unable to move 被紧紧夹住，被紧紧粘住
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be stuck/held fast• She tried to pull her hand free, but it was held fast.• She tried to struggle, but she was held fast.• Balor was struggling and writhing, but his limbs were held fast and only his thick, shapeless body could move.• A character who is held fast can not move or fight, and is treated as prone.• Persephone sprang into her arms and was held fast there.
5  be getting/be going nowhere fast informalSUCCEED IN DOING something to not succeed in making progress or achieving something 失败；不成功；无成就
6  not so fast spokenNOW used to tell someone not to be too eager to do or believe something 不要那么快，慢点，别急
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not so fast• Both were expanding their departments as well, though not so fast as Ranieri.• Not so fast, guys. One win doesn't make a championship season.• But not so fast, or so the town of Oro Valley decided August 30.• It's also big, but not so fast or user-friendly despite its curious system of organizing bits into folders.• Not so fast! You'll scrape the paint!
7. make something fast to tie something such as a boat or tent firmly to something else 牢牢固定某物
8  fast by something literaryNEAR very close to something 紧挨着某物，贴近某物
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fast by something• We stood on a rock, fast by the river.
→ play fast and loose with somebody at play1(32), → stand fast at stand1(25), → thick and fast at thick2(2)
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fast• At which Stour realised suddenly that he was the one who must act, and fast.• The growth of the plants from tubercles treated in this manner is then very fast.• The tiny device shocks the heart into normal rhythm when it beats too fast.• Burglars work fast.• She walked faster and faster, then started to run.• He ran home as fast as he could.• He must complete his mission and leave as fast as possible.• The new fighter aircraft flies almost twice as fast as the old one.• They ran off as fast as their legs would carry them.• Prices aren't rising as fast as they were a year ago.• We're working as fast as we can.• The spare tyre on the back of the Jeep was held fast by three strong bolts.• It felt too fast for me.• a fast-growing community• Don't talk so fast - I can't understand what you're saying.• The front of the boat was stuck fast in the mud.• Don't drive so fast - there's ice on the road.• The car was going pretty fast when it went off the road.
as fast as ... legs could carry• I ignored his command and took off after him, racing along as fast as my legs could carry me.
fast becoming/disappearing/approaching etc• It takes an intellectually open environment and an entrepreneurial edge to produce the kind of place that Bangalore is fast becoming.• She was, of course, keenly interested in cinema, and her White House film festival was fast approaching.• The prospect of censure intensified what, for Galileo, was fast becoming a dilemma.• These historic opportunities are fast disappearing for our community.• The hedge was fast approaching, looking too big, far too big for Buttons to jump on his own.• It's hard to believe, but we're fast approaching the dessert hour.• Snapshots and consumer imagery were fast becoming two sides of the same coin.• This familiarity, this friendliness of science is fast disappearing under the banner of standardisation.
fast3 verb [intransitiveI]  
EATto eat little or no food for a period of time, especially for religious reasons 〔尤因宗教原因而〕禁食，斋戒
 Muslims fast during Ramadan.
穆斯林在斋月里禁食。
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fast• They fasted for a further 2 hours, after which they were allowed normal food and fluid intake.• He would need to fast, to recuperate, to change, before he would be ready to take her.
fast4 noun [countableC]  
EATa period during which someone does not eat, especially for religious reasons 禁食期，斋戒期
 Gandhi drank some orange juice to break (=end) his three-week fast.
甘地喝了些橙汁，结束了为期三周的禁食。
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fast• a one-day fast for charity• At the end of their fast, the people have a big party to celebrate.• As almost everyone except himself perfectly understood, these fasts were a ruthless exploitation of the power of his own sanctity.
break ... fast• Break your fast and pack our bags.• In the morning, immediately after break. fast, he would be at the public mortuary doing the post-mortem.• The speed at which things wear out and break down rises fast when everything you own is cheap.• After they had broken their fast he gave Aeneas the advice he had come to seek.• Keyes said he would not break his fast until he was invited to participate in subsequent candidate debates.• The breaking of the fast, called iftar, usually begins with a snack of dates and milk or water.• The songs were then sung, and Gandhi drank some orange juice to break the three-week fast.• He was always smiling and greeted us most amicably as we broke our fast in the great hall.
From Longman Business Dictionary
fastfast1 /fɑːstfæst/ adverbadv
quickly or without delay
Exports are stillgrowing fast.
The Bank of England was criticized for not cutting interest rates fast enough.
How fast can you get that report done?
fastfast2 adjectiveadj
happening quickly or without delay
The IT industry is expanding at an incredibly fast rate.
Trading has been fast and furious (=full of excitement and activity) this afternoon.
We guarantee a fast response to all inquiries.
Origin fast2
Old English fæst “firm”
 fast3
Old English fæstan
fast1 adjectiveadj →THESAURUS1fast2 adverbadvfast3 verbfast4 noun
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BNC: 1833 COCA: 1096
fast

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAST ADJECTIVE➤long長期齋戒VERB + FAST➤go on, keep, observe進行／堅持／奉行齋戒◇All members of the religious community keep these fasts.這個宗教團體的所有成員都守這些齋戒。➤break開齋◇In the evening the people break their fast.人們晚上開齋。
fast

adjective

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adverb

VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be, seem很快；好像很快◇Her pulse seemed very fast.她的脈搏好像跳動很快。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常迅速◇I suppose delivery in two days is pretty fast, really.我認為兩天內送到確實是相當快了。◇I should make a very fast profit on these.我應該從中快速獲利。➤awfully, exceptionally, particularly, remarkably, surprisingly非常／異常／特別／極其／驚人地迅速▸➤reasonably, relatively還算快；比較快▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／有些快▸➤amazingly, blazingly, blindingly, impossibly, incredibly, unbelievably, unusually奇快；極快；快得令人目不暇接；快得令人難以置信；快得出奇◇He came around the corner blindingly fast.他繞過拐角，速度快得驚人。➤dangerously快得有危險
BNC: 1833 COCA: 1096
fast noun
⇨ dietfast adj.
⇨ fast (a fast car/pace/worker) ⇨ quick (a fast response time) fast

adjective

  ➡ See also the entry for quick 另见quick条fast ♦︎ quick ♦︎ high-speed ♦︎ brisk ♦︎ supersonic ♦︎ expressThese words all describe things and people moving or doing things with speed. 这些词均表示迅速的、敏捷的、快速的。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达迅速的程度
fast➔high-speed➔supersonic
quickexpress
brisk
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be fast / quick at doing sth◆a fast / supersonic speed◆a fast / quick / brisk movement / pace / walk / run◆quick / brisk footsteps◆a fast / quick reader / worker / learner / rhythm◆a fast / a high-speed / an express train / link◆a fast / a high-speed computer / modem◆a fast / an express bus / coach / lane◆very / quite / fairly fast / quick / brisk■ fast moving or able to move with speed; able to do sth with speed; producing or allowing fast movement 迅速的；敏捷的；头脑灵活的；可供快速运动的◆She loves driving fast cars.她喜欢开快车。◆Are you a fast reader with the ability to retain the key points?你能不能在速读的同时记住要点？◆These are complex programs needing very large and fast computers.这些程序很复杂，需要运行速度快的大型计算机。◆It's a very fast road and people do not realize what speed they are doing.这是条快车道，人们没有意识到自己的速度有多快。OPP slow ⇨ slow ▸ fast

adverb

◆Don't drive so fast!别把车开这么快！◆I can't go any faster.我不能走得更快了。■ quick moving or doing sth fast 敏捷的；迅速的◆He's a very quick worker.他干起活来特别快。◆The kids were quick to learn.那些孩子学东西很快。◆She was quick (= too quick) to point out the mistakes I'd made.她总迫不及待地挑我的错。◆Her quick hands suddenly stopped moving.她敏捷的双手突然停下不动了。◆Try to be quick! We're late already.尽量快点！我们已经晚了。 OPP slow ⇨ slow ▸ quickly

adverb

◆She walked away quickly.她迅速走开了。NOTE 辨析 Fast or quick? Fast is the usual word when you are talking about travelling, especially in a vehicle. * fast通常指行进的速度快，尤指车辆的速度快◆a quick car/road ◆Don't drive so quickly! A person who is able to do sth with speed may be fast or quick. * fast和quick均可形容人动作迅速或头脑灵活◆a fast / quick reader / worker / runner / thinker / learner / brain阅读速度快的人；干活快的工人；跑得快的人；思维敏捷者；学东西快的人；灵活的头脑However, fast is not used in other expressions when sb does sth in a short time. 不过，fast不用于其他表示迅速、敏捷的用法中◆The kids were fast to learn. ◆Try to be fast! We're late already.  ➡ See also the entry for quick 另见quick条 ■ ˌhigh-ˈspeed [usually before noun] that travels, works or happens very fast 高速的；高效率的；迅速的◆We are talking about a network of modern highways, high-speed trains, airports and air routes.我们谈的是一个由现代高速公路、高速列车、机场和空中航线组成的网络。◆There should be a large market for cheap high-speed modems.便宜的高速调制解调器应该有很大市场。◆A police officer was injured during a high-speed chase across two counties.一名警察在跨越两郡的高速追逐中受了伤。■ brisk moving fast, especially on foot （尤指步履）快的，敏捷的◆We went for a brisk walk before lunch.我们午饭前步履轻快地散了会儿步。◆They set off at a brisk pace.他们迈着轻快的步伐上路了。▸ briskly

adverb

◆He walked briskly down the street.他步履轻盈地沿街而行。■ supersonic ˌsuːpəˈsɒnɪk, ˌsjuːpəˈsɒnɪk; NAmE ˌsuːpərˈsɑːnɪkfaster than the speed of sound 超声速的◆Until then, no aircraft was capable of supersonic flight.直到那时，任何飞机都不能作超声速飞行。■ express [only before noun] travelling very fast; sent or done very quickly 特快的；快速的；快递的◆An express coach runs once an hour from the airport.快速长途汽车每小时一班，由机场开出。◆We provide express delivery services seven days a week.我们每天都提供快递服务。ⓘ Express is used to talk about transport and other services. * express用以描述交通和其他服务行业。
BNC: 1833 COCA: 1096

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