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speed

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sped \Sped\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Speed}.

Speed \Speed\ (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[e^]d),
   {Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr.
   sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed},
   n.]
   1. To go; to fare. [Obs.]

            To warn him now he is too farre sped. --Remedy of
                                                  Love.

   2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or
      ill; to fare. --Shak.

            Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The
            mightiest still upon the smallest fed. --Waller.

   3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.

            Save London, and send true lawyers their meed! For
            whoso wants money with them shall not speed!
                                                  --Lydgate.

            I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his
            bad errand.                           --Milton.

   4. To make haste; to move with celerity.

            I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch
            of possibility.                       --Shak.

   5. To be expedient. [Obs.] --Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)

资料来源 : WordNet®

speed
     n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: {velocity}]
     2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
        project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: {swiftness},
         {fastness}]
     3: changing location rapidly [syn: {speeding}, {hurrying}]
     4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
        lens system [syn: {focal ratio}, {f number}, {stop number}]
     5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
        decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some
        forms of depression [syn: {amphetamine}, {pep pill}, {upper}]
     [also: {sped}]

speed
     v 1: step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
          "The cars raced down the street" [syn: {rush}, {hotfoot},
           {hasten}, {hie}, {race}, {pelt along}, {rush along}, {cannonball
          along}, {bucket along}, {belt along}] [ant: {linger}]
     2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: {accelerate}, {speed
        up}, {quicken}] [ant: {decelerate}]
     3: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket
        for speeding"
     4: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
        speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {hurry}, {zip}]
     5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: {accelerate},
         {speed up}] [ant: {decelerate}]
     [also: {sped}]

sped
     See {speed}