English Dictionary

quick

/kwɪk/

adj

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast. / Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly. / Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

He ran a quick race and won first place.

意味（1）

Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.

意味（2）

Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

That was a quick meal.

意味（3）

Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.

意味（4）

Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

My father is old but he still has a quick wit.

意味（5）

Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.

意味（6）

(archaic) Alive, living.

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Ieſus Chriſt, who ſhall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdome:

意味（7）

(now rare, archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

she's quick; the child brags in her belly already: tis yours

意味（8）

Of water: flowing.

意味（9）

Burning, flammable, fiery.

意味（10）

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

[…] the ayre is quicke there, / And it perces and ſharpens the ſtomacke,

意味（11）

(mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren