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quicken

C2 verb

quicken /ˈkwɪk(ə)n/ nghĩa là kích thích, khơi dậy

Các nghĩa

  1. kích thích, khơi dậy

    To put (someone or something) in a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to excite, to rouse.

    transitive

    I felt my heart quicken.

  2. thúc đẩy, khơi gợi

    To inspire or stimulate (an action, a feeling, etc.).

    transitive

    This quicken'd my Reſolution to reſtore her Money, and not only ſo, but I reſolv'd I would give her ſomething over and above her Loſs; […]

  3. làm lên men

    To stimulate or assist the fermentation of (an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.).

    transitive

  4. làm sống lại, hồi sinh

    To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive.

    also · figuratively · literary · transitive

    Whoſoever will goo about to ſave his lyfe⸝ shall looſe it: And whoſoever ſhall looſe his life⸝ ſhall quycken it.

    I haue ſeen a medicine That's able to breath life into a ſtone, Quicken a rocke, […]

    the Miſtris which I ſerue, quickens what's dead, And makes my labours, pleaſures: […]

  5. trở nên sôi động, phấn khích

    To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be excited or roused.

    intransitive

    The Chaplain's interest in the story visibly quickened.

  6. sáng lên, rạng rỡ

    To grow bright; to brighten.

    intransitive

    Meanwhile the light quickened, and gradually disclosed the form and outline of the adjacent domain.

+ 2 nghĩa khác
  1. lên men

    Of an alcoholic beverage, dough, etc.: to ferment.

    intransitive

  2. thai máy

    Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.

    also · figuratively · intransitive

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