quicken [ 'kwikən ] v. 加快,使...有生气,鼓舞 e.g. 1. Your heart beat will quicken when you run up the stairs. 跑上楼梯时,心跳会加速。
2. We quickened our pace. 我们加快了步速。
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quickie [ 'kwiki ] n. 草草完成的劣品 e.g. 1. I've just made some coffee have you time for a quickie? 我刚煮好咖啡--你能抽空儿喝点儿吗?
2. My husband and I are so busy that we only have time for quickie. 我丈夫和我都很忙,我们只有时间草草完事。
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quickly [ 'kwikli ] ad. 快,迅速 e.g. 1. He adjusted himself very quickly to the heat of the country. 他很快使自己适应了这个国家炎热的天气。
2. The news of her death circulated quickly. 她死去的消息迅速传开。
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quicksand [ 'kwiksænd ] n. 流沙 e.g. 1. A place filled with mud or quicksand that is a hazard to cattle. 沼穴充满泥浆或流沙的地方,可对牛群构成威胁
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quick-witted [ kwik 'witid ] a. 反应灵敏的 e.g.
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quid [ kwid ] n. 咀嚼物,烟草块
n.(英国口语)一英镑(单复同型) e.g. 1. Something held in the mouth and chewed, such as a quid of tobacco. 咀嚼物,口嚼烟块放在口中进行咀嚼的东西,如烟草块
2. Please accept the use of our cottage as a quid pro quo for lending us your car. 请尽管使用我们的村舍, 以酬谢借给我们汽车之事.
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quiescent [ kwai'esənt ] a. 静止的,不活动的,寂静的 e.g. 1. It is unlikely that such an extremist organization will remain quiescent for long. 这种过激的组织是不太可能长期沉默的.
2. Quiescent. Used especially of a disease. 静止的静止的。尤指一种疾病
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quiet [ 'kwaiət ] n. 安静,闲适,平静
a. 安静的,静止的,宁静的
v. 静止,使...减少,使...安心 e.g. 1. When he quieted down, I began to tell him the truth. 当他平静下来时,我开始告诉他实情。
2. Ask him to keep quiet. 让汤姆保持安静。
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quieten [ 'kwaiətn ] v. (使)平静下来 e.g. 1. Quieten down and get on with your work. 静下心来继续工作吧.
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quietly [ 'kwaiətli ] a. 寂静地,静止地
ad. 安静地,平静地 e.g. 1. She sang so quietly that I could hardly hear her. 她唱的声音很小, 我几乎听不见.
2. The children seem to be totally incapable of working quietly by themselves. 这些孩子似乎完全不能安静地自己做功课。
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quietness [ 'kwaiətnis ] n. 平静,安定,安静 e.g. 1. We enjoyed the quietness of the country. 我们喜欢乡村的平静。
2. After the quietness of home and school, university has been almost frightening. 过惯了家庭和中学的平静生活之後,大学简直有些可怕了。
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quietude [ 'kwaiətju:d ] n. 安静,静止 e.g. 1. Quietude is the crown of life. 人生何为先,宁静为桂冠。
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quill [ kwil ] n. 羽茎,大翎毛,鹅毛笔 e.g. 1. The duke wrote a letter with a quill pen. 公爵用一根羽毛笔写信。
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quilt [ kwilt ] n. 被子 e.g. 1. He bought a heavy quilt for the winter. 他买了一床厚被子过冬。
2. Quilt a skirt. 缝制裙子
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quinine [ kwi'ni:n; (US) 'kwainain ] n. 奎宁 e.g. 1. Quinine is used as medicine against malaria. 奎宁是用来治疗疟疾的药物。
2. Quinine is a specific for malaria. 奎宁是治疗疟疾的特效药.
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quintessence [ kwin'tesns ] n. 精粹,(物体)最纯粹的形体,典型 e.g. 1. He is the quintessence oftact and politeness. 他处世谦恭得体.
2. Her book captures the quintessence of Renaissance humanism. 她的书抓住了文艺复兴时期人文主义的精髓.
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quintet [ kwin'tet ] 五位字节 e.g. 1. The first item on the program is woodwind quintet. 节目单上的第一个节目是木管五重奏。
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quintuplet [ 'kwintjuplit ] n. 五胞胎之一 e.g.
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quip [ kwip ] n. 警句,名言,讽刺
v. 说讽刺的话,嘲弄,托辞 e.g. 1. `Who overslept this morning?' She quipped. `今天早晨谁睡过头了?'她风趣地问.
2. Quips and cranks. 妙语和警句
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quirk [ kwə:k ] n. 怪癖 e.g. 1. He have a strange quirk of addressing his wife as Mrs Smith. 他很怪,把自己的妻子称作史密斯夫人。
2. By a quirk of fate they have booked into the same hotel. 由於命运的捉弄,他们住进同一家旅馆。
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