fastest 音标拼音: [f'æstəst]
最快的
最快的
fastest adv 1 :
most quickly [
synonym : {
quickest }, {
fastest }]
Fast \
Fast \,
a . [
Compar . {
Faster };
superl . {
Fastest }.] [
OE .,
firm ,
strong ,
not loose ,
AS .
f [
ae ]
st ;
akin to OS .
fast ,
D .
vast ,
OHG .
fasti ,
festi ,
G .
fest ,
Icel .
fastr ,
Sw . &
Dan .
fast ,
and perh .
to E .
fetter .
The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued ;
a Scandinavian use .
Cf . {
Fast },
adv ., {
Fast },
v ., {
Avast }.]
1 .
Firmly fixed ;
closely adhering ;
made firm ;
not loose ,
unstable ,
or easily moved ;
immovable ;
as ,
to make fast the door .
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There is an order that keeps things fast . --
Burke .
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2 .
Firm against attack ;
fortified by nature or art ;
impregnable ;
strong .
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Outlaws . . .
lurking in woods and fast places .
--
Spenser .
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3 .
Firm in adherence ;
steadfast ;
not easily separated or alienated ;
faithful ;
as ,
a fast friend .
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4 .
Permanent ;
not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing ;
durable ;
lasting ;
as ,
fast colors .
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5 .
Tenacious ;
retentive . [
Obs .]
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Roses ,
damask and red ,
are fast flowers of their smells . --
Bacon .
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6 .
Not easily disturbed or broken ;
deep ;
sound .
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All this while in a most fast sleep . --
Shak .
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7 .
Moving rapidly ;
quick in mition ;
rapid ;
swift ;
as ,
a fast horse .
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8 .
Given to pleasure seeking ;
disregardful of restraint ;
reckless ;
wild ;
dissipated ;
dissolute ;
as ,
a fast man ;
a fast liver . --
Thackeray .
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9 .
In such a condition ,
as to resilience ,
etc .,
as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action ;
as ,
a fast racket ,
or tennis court ;
a fast track ;
a fast billiard table ,
etc .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Fast and loose },
now cohering ,
now disjoined ;
inconstant ,
esp .
in the phrases to play at fast and loose ,
to play fast and loose ,
to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner ;
to say one thing and do another .
"
Play fast and loose with faith ." --
Shak .
{
Fast and loose pulleys } (
Mach .),
two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft ,
which is driven from another shaft by a band ,
and arranged to disengage and re ["
e ]
ngage the machinery driven thereby .
When the machinery is to be stopped ,
the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it ,
and vice versa .
{
Hard and fast } (
Naut .),
so completely aground as to be immovable .
{
To make fast } (
Naut .),
to make secure ;
to fasten firmly ,
as a vessel ,
a rope ,
or a door .
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