词汇 | double-quick |
释义 | double-quick adverb, adjective UKinformaluk /ˌdʌb.əlˈkwɪk/ us /ˌdʌb.əlˈkwɪk/ very quickly: 飞快地,迅速地 She left the room double-quick when I started singing.我刚一开始唱歌,她马上就离开了房间。 in double-quick timeUK very quickly, or as quickly as possible: 马上;尽快 I shouted and he was gone in double-quick time.我大喊,他马上就跑没影了。 Hurrying and doing things quickly accelerate acceleration against the clockidiom against time/the clockidiom alacrity dash grab-and-go grease hacky haste hasten prompt promptness quickie rattle something off rattle through something rush into something snap stroke tear Examples of double-quickdouble-quick The entire vessel and its cargo had to be raised in double-quick time or an appalling environmental catastrophe would have resulted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That needs to be addressed in double-quick time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It often turns out that the land is worth only a few shillings an acre, but it leaps to perhaps hundreds in double-quick time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The man in the street also learnt in double-quick time that this extra taxation was not going to be paid either by the distiller, or the brewer, or the publican. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 More often than not these double-quick projects were industrial facilities, prompting criticisms that much of the firm's work lacked architectural character. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bring them up on the double-quick and don't stop for aligning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Upon discovering his mistake, he sent 300 men back to the redoubt at the double-quick to pick up the fascines and ladders, but it was too late. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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