Rapid

(noun.) a part of a river where the current is very fast.

(adj.) done or occurring in a brief period of time; 'a rapid rise through the ranks' .

(adj.) characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; 'a rapid movement'; 'a speedy car'; 'a speedy errand boy' .

录入:露西

• Her rich colour, her quick blood, her rapid breath, were all setting themselves against the opportunity of retracing their steps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Fields, trees, and hedges, seemed to rush past them with the velocity of a whirlwind, so rapid was the pace at which they tore along. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Even the log of wood which lies heavy and motionless on our woodpile is made up of countless billions of molecules each in rapid incessant motion. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The latter was encumbered with barges of coal in tow, and consequently could make but little speed against the rapid current of the Mississippi. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• That rapid medley of sounds, and lo! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The buzzer, R, is maintained in rapid vibration by its independent auxiliary battery, B<1S>. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The rapid-fire gun here shown is a model of a three-inch field gun mounted upon a special carriage. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The long habit of rapid transitions made it easy for her to exclaim to the Duchess: Why, I thought you'd gone back to the Princess! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I was quite unprepared for the rapid manner in which Mrs. Guppy's power of jocularity merged into a power of taking the profoundest offence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This arose from the fact that, on account of the rapid succession of the electric impulses, there was not sufficient time between them for the electric action to cease entirely. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The growth of steam navigation during the present generation has been wonderfully rapid. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The process of extermination in such cases would be rapid, whereas the production of new species must always be slow. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• In travelling by the road from Harrisburg, I thought the perfection of rapid transit had been reached. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The professor had been stricken dumb with surprise by the rapid developments of the past few minutes. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• There was a rapid development of plantations and proprietary colonies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Spread the sail, and strain with oar, hurrying by dark impending crags, adown steep rapids, even to the sea of desolation I have reached. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Upon its arrival from Grand Rapids, in the fall of 1893, lacking a more suitable place, the motor was brought direct to my home and set up in the kitchen. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To get up these rapids, steamers must be cordelled; that is, pulled up by ropes from the shore. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I ordered a one-horse-power marine upright, two-cycle gasoline engine from the Sintz Gas Engine Company of Grand Rapids, Mich. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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