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quicken

英 ['kwɪk(ə)n] 美['kwɪkən]
  • vi. 加快;变活跃;进入胎动期
  • vt. 加快;鼓舞;使复活

英英释意


1. move faster;
"The car accelerated"
2. make keen or more acute;
"whet my appetite"
3. give life or energy to;
"The cold water invigorated him"
4. show signs of life;
"the fetus quickened"
5. give new life or energy to;
"A hot soup will revive me"
"This will renovate my spirits"
"This treatment repaired my health"