fast

英 [fɑːst]

美 [fæst]

adj.  快的; 迅速的; 敏捷的; 迅速发生的; 立即发生的; 动作迅速的; 头脑灵活的
adv.  快; 快速; 迅速; 不久; 立即; 牢固地; 完全地
v.  节食; 禁食; 斋戒
n.  禁食期; 斋戒期

比较级：faster　最高级：fastest　现在分词：fasting　过去式：fasted　复数：fasts　过去分词：fasted　第三人称单数：fasts　

中考高考GRECET4考研TEM4

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1833 / COCA.1096

同义词辨析

fastquickrapidswift【导航词义：迅速的】

习惯用语

adj.

fast and furious
• 情节节奏快且变化多端
  full of rapid action and sudden changes
• In his latest movie, the action is fast and furious.
  在他的最新电影中，情节起伏跌宕。
a fast talker
• 快嘴快舌但不可信赖的人
  a person who can talk very quickly and easily, but who cannot always be trusted
a fast worker
• 善于迅速达到目的的人；（尤指恋爱方面）善于一下子获得青睐的人
  a person who knows how to get what they want quickly, especially when beginning a sexual relationship with sb
make a fast/quick buck
• 轻易地赚钱
  to earn money quickly and easily
hard and fast
• 板上钉钉；不容更改
  that cannot be changed in any circumstances
• There are no hard and fast rules about this.
  这事没有什么硬性的规定。
pull a fast one (on sb)
• 蒙骗；捉弄
  to trick sb

adv.

as fast as your legs can carry you
• 尽快
  as quickly as you can
hold fast to sth
• 坚持（某种思想等）
  to continue to believe in an idea, etc. despite difficulties
play fast and loose (with sb/sth)
• 反复无常；若即若离；玩弄
  to treat sb/sth in a way that shows that you feel no responsibility or respect for them
stand fast/firm
• 坚定不移；不让步；不改变主张
  to refuse to move back; to refuse to change your opinions
thick and fast
• 又快又多；频频
  quickly and in large quantities
• Questions were coming at them thick and fast.
  问题铺天盖地向他们而来。

牛津词典

adj.

快速 quick
• 快的；迅速的；敏捷的
  moving or able to move quickly
  1. a fast car/horse
     速度快的汽车 / 马
  2. the world's fastest runner
     世界最快的赛跑运动员
• 迅速发生的；立即发生的
  happening in a short time or without delay
  1. the fastest rate of increase for years
     多年来最高的增长率
  2. a fast response time
     迅速的反应时间
• 动作迅速的；头脑灵活的
  able to do sth quickly
  1. a fast learner
     领悟快的学习者
物体表面 surface
• 可供快速运动的
  producing or allowing quick movement
  1. a fast road/pitch
     快车道；快速球场
钟表 watch/clock
• 走得快
  showing a time later than the true time
  1. I'm early─my watch must be fast.
     我早了——我的表肯定快了。
  2. That clock's ten minutes fast.
     那座钟快十分钟。
照相胶片 photographic film
• 感光快的
  very sensitive to light, and therefore useful when taking photographs in poor light or of sth that is moving very quickly
牢牢固定 firmly fixed
• 系牢的；稳固的
  firmly fixed and safe
  1. He made the boat fast .
     他把船系牢了。
衣服颜色 colours in clothes
• 不退色的
  not likely to change or to come out when washed

adv.

快速 quickly
• 快；快速；迅速
  quickly
  1. Don't drive so fast!
     别把车开得这么快！
  2. How fast were you going?
     当时你们走得有多快？
  3. I can't go any faster.
     我不能走得更快了。
  4. The water was rising fast.
     水迅猛上涨。
  5. Her heart beat faster.
     她的心跳加快。
  6. Night was fast approaching.
     黑夜迅速降临。
  7. a fast-flowing stream
     湍急的溪流
• 不久；立即
  in a short time; without delay
  1. Children grow up so fast these days.
     如今孩子们长得真快。
  2. Britain is fast becoming a nation of fatties.
     英国不久就要变成一个胖子国了。
  3. The police said that they had reacted as fast as they could.
     警方说他们已尽快作出了反应。
牢固 firmly
• 牢固地；完全地
  firmly; completely
  1. Within a few minutes she was fast asleep (= sleeping deeply) .
     几分钟后她就沉睡了。
  2. The boat was stuck fast (= unable to move) in the mud.
     船深陷在淤泥里动弹不得。

verb

• 节食；禁食；斋戒
  to eat little or no food for a period of time, especially for religious or health reasons
  1. Muslims fast during Ramadan.
     伊斯兰教徒在斋月期间斋戒。

noun

• 禁食期；斋戒期
  a period during which you do not eat food, especially for religious or health reasons
  1. to go on a fast
     开始禁食
  2. to break (= end) your fast
     开斋

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 快的;迅速的
  Fastmeans happening, moving, or doing something at great speed. You also usefastin questions or statements about speed.
  1. ...fast cars with flashing lights and sirens...
     闪着灯、鸣着笛、飞速行驶的车辆
  2. Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver...
     众所周知，布林德利是个喜欢飞车的人。
  3. The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform...
     该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票，因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
  4. The only question is how fast the process will be.
     唯一的问题是这个过程会有多快。
  5. Fastis also an adverb.
     
  6. They work terrifically fast...
     他们干活极快。
  7. It would be nice to go faster and break the world record...
     要是能再快一些、打破世界纪录就好了。
  8. He thinks they're not adapting fast enough...
     他认为他们适应得不够快。
  9. Barnes also knows that he is fast running out of time...
     巴恩斯也知道他的时间很快就要用完了。
  10. How fast were you driving?...
      你当时车开得有多快?
  11. How fast would the disease develop?
      这种病发展得有多快?
• ADV-GRADED 迅速地;立即
  You usefastto say that something happens without any delay.
  1. When you've got a crisis like this you need professional help — fast!...
     当你遇到这样的危急情况，就需要专业救援了——要快！
  2. We'd appreciate your leaving as fast as possible.
     如果您能尽快离开，我们将不胜感激。
  3. Fastis also an adjective.
     
  4. That would be an astonishingly fast action on the part of the Congress.
     那将会是由国会方面采取的迅雷不及掩耳的行动。
• ADJ-GRADED (钟表)偏快的，走得快的
  If a watch or clock isfast, it is showing a time that is later than the real time.
  1. That clock's an hour fast.
     那个钟快了一个小时。
• ADV-GRADED 紧紧地;牢牢地;死死地
  If you hold somethingfast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuckfast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
  1. She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail...
     她紧紧地抓着栏杆，小心翼翼地爬楼梯。
  2. The tanker is stuck fast on the rocks.
     油轮紧卡在礁石中间动弹不得。
• ADV-GRADED 坚定地;毫不动摇地
  If you holdfastto a principle or idea, or if you standfast, you do not change your mind about it, even though people are trying to persuade you to.
  1. We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others...
     我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观：诚实、正派、关心他人。
  2. He told supporters to stand fast over the next few vital days.
     他叫支持者在接下来的几个重要日子里站稳立场。
• ADJ-GRADED (颜色或染料)不褪色的，不掉色的
  If colours or dyes arefast, they do not come out of the fabrics they are used on when they get wet.
  1. The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast.
     为防止掉色，织物已经过熨烫。
• ADJ 骄奢淫逸的;刺激而快乐的
  Afastway of life is one which involves a lot of enjoyable and expensive or dangerous activities.
  1. Life in Detroit no longer satisfied him; he wanted the fast life of California.
     他不再满意底特律的生活，想要过加利福尼亚那种刺激快乐的生活。
• VERB 斋戒;禁食;绝食
  If youfast, you eat no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
  1. I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me.
     我斋戒了一天半，祈求上帝伸出援手。
  2. Fastis also a noun.
     
  3. The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.
     日落时开斋，按传统会吃椰枣、喝水。
• PHRASE 熟睡的;沉睡的
  Someone who isfast asleepis completely asleep.
  1. When he went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep.
     他5分钟后上楼时，她已睡熟。
• PHRASE 玩猫腻;玩弄
  If you say that someoneis playing fast and loose, you are expressing disapproval of them for behaving in a deceitful, immoral, or irresponsible way.
  1. There have been people who have played fast and loose with the rules.
     有人在玩弄这些规则。
• PHRASE 欺骗;哄骗;愚弄
  If you say that someonehas pulled a fast one onyou, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
  1. No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter.
     无疑有人在程序性问题上骗了她。
• tomake a fast buck→ see:buck

英英释义

noun

• abstaining from food
  Synonym:fasting

verb

• abstain from eating
  1. Before the medical exam, you must fast
• abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
  1. Catholics sometimes fast during Lent

adj

• (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
  1. a fast lens
• acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
  1. fast film
  2. on the fast track in school
  3. set a fast pace
  4. a fast car
• at a rapid tempo
  1. the band played a fast fox trot
• (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
  1. my watch is fast
• securely fixed in place
  1. the post was still firm after being hit by the car
  Synonym:firmimmobile
• hurried and brief
  1. paid a flying visit
  2. took a flying glance at the book
  3. a quick inspection
  4. a fast visit
  Synonym:flyingquick
• unrestrained by convention or morality
  1. Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
  2. deplorably dissipated and degraded
  3. riotous living
  4. fast women
  Synonym:debaucheddegeneratedegradeddissipateddissolutelibertineprofligateriotous
• resistant to destruction or fading
  1. fast colors
• (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
  1. a fast road
  2. grass courts are faster than clay

adv

• quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
  1. how fast can he get here?
  2. ran as fast as he could
  3. needs medical help fast
  4. fast-running rivers
  5. fast-breaking news
  6. fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters
• firmly or closely
  1. held fast to the rope
  2. her foot was stuck fast
  3. held tight
  Synonym:tight

双语例句

• This watch is sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
  这表时快时慢。
• Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver
  众所周知，布林德利是个喜欢飞车的人。
• The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly
  第一个发言者开始讲话了，语速很快，声音相当大。
• The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform
  该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票，因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
• When you've got a crisis like this you need professional help — fast!
  当你遇到这样的危急情况，就需要专业救援了——要快！
• He told supporters to stand fast over the next few vital days.
  他叫支持者在接下来的几个重要日子里站稳立场。
• I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me.
  我斋戒了一天半，祈求上帝伸出援手。
• We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others
  我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观：诚实、正派、关心他人。
• The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast.
  为防止掉色，织物已经过熨烫。
• There's some sympathy for this new country's growing pains, but that sympathy is fast wearing out.
  一些人对这个新国家建国初期遇到的困难表示同情，但是那种同情很快就消失了。