fast

adj.

快速 quick

1. 快的；迅速的；敏捷的
   moving or able to move quickly
   1. a fast car/horse
      速度快的汽车 / 马
   2. the world's fastest runner
      世界最快的赛跑运动员
2. 迅速发生的；立即发生的
   happening in a short time or without delay
   1. the fastest rate of increase for years
      多年来最高的增长率
   2. a fast response time
      迅速的反应时间
3. 动作迅速的；头脑灵活的
   able to do sth quickly
   1. a fast learner
      领悟快的学习者

物体表面 surface

4. 可供快速运动的
   producing or allowing quick movement
   1. a fast road/pitch
      快车道；快速球场

钟表 watch/clock

5. 走得快
   showing a time later than the true time
   1. I'm early─my watch must be fast.
      我早了——我的表肯定快了。
   2. That clock's ten minutes fast.
      那座钟快十分钟。

照相胶片 photographic film

6. 感光快的
   very sensitive to light, and therefore useful when taking photographs in poor light or of sth that is moving very quickly

牢牢固定 firmly fixed

7. 系牢的；稳固的
   firmly fixed and safe
   1. He made the boat fast .
      他把船系牢了。

衣服颜色 colours in clothes

8. 不退色的
   not likely to change or to come out when washed

adv.

快速 quickly

1. 快；快速；迅速
   quickly
   1. Don't drive so fast!
      别把车开得这么快！
   2. How fast were you going?
      当时你们走得有多快？
   3. I can't go any faster.
      我不能走得更快了。
   4. The water was rising fast.
      水迅猛上涨。
   5. Her heart beat faster.
      她的心跳加快。
   6. Night was fast approaching.
      黑夜迅速降临。
   7. a fast-flowing stream
      湍急的溪流
2. 不久；立即
   in a short time; without delay
   1. Children grow up so fast these days.
      如今孩子们长得真快。
   2. Britain is fast becoming a nation of fatties.
      英国不久就要变成一个胖子国了。
   3. The police said that they had reacted as fast as they could.
      警方说他们已尽快作出了反应。

牢固 firmly

3. 牢固地；完全地
   firmly; completely
   1. Within a few minutes she was fast asleep (= sleeping deeply) .
      几分钟后她就沉睡了。
   2. The boat was stuck fast (= unable to move) in the mud.
      船深陷在淤泥里动弹不得。

verb

1. 节食；禁食；斋戒
   to eat little or no food for a period of time, especially for religious or health reasons
   1. Muslims fast during Ramadan.
      伊斯兰教徒在斋月期间斋戒。

noun

1. 禁食期；斋戒期
   a period during which you do not eat food, especially for religious or health reasons
   1. to go on a fast
      开始禁食
   2. to break (= end) your fast
      开斋

1. ADJ-GRADED 快的;迅速的
   Fast means happening, moving, or doing something at great speed. You also use fast in questions or statements about speed.
   1. ...fast cars with flashing lights and sirens...
      闪着灯、鸣着笛、飞速行驶的车辆
   2. Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver...
      众所周知，布林德利是个喜欢飞车的人。
   3. The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform...
      该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票，因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
   4. The only question is how fast the process will be.
      唯一的问题是这个过程会有多快。
   5. Fast is also an adverb.
      
   6. They work terrifically fast...
      他们干活极快。
   7. It would be nice to go faster and break the world record...
      要是能再快一些、打破世界纪录就好了。
   8. He thinks they're not adapting fast enough...
      他认为他们适应得不够快。
   9. Barnes also knows that he is fast running out of time...
      巴恩斯也知道他的时间很快就要用完了。
   10. How fast were you driving?...
       你当时车开得有多快?
   11. How fast would the disease develop?
       这种病发展得有多快?
2. ADV-GRADED 迅速地;立即
   You use fast to say that something happens without any delay.
   1. When you've got a crisis like this you need professional help — fast!...
      当你遇到这样的危急情况，就需要专业救援了——要快！
   2. We'd appreciate your leaving as fast as possible.
      如果您能尽快离开，我们将不胜感激。
   3. Fast is also an adjective.
      
   4. That would be an astonishingly fast action on the part of the Congress.
      那将会是由国会方面采取的迅雷不及掩耳的行动。
3. ADJ-GRADED (钟表)偏快的，走得快的
   If a watch or clock is fast, it is showing a time that is later than the real time.
   1. That clock's an hour fast.
      那个钟快了一个小时。
4. ADV-GRADED 紧紧地;牢牢地;死死地
   If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
   1. She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail...
      她紧紧地抓着栏杆，小心翼翼地爬楼梯。
   2. The tanker is stuck fast on the rocks.
      油轮紧卡在礁石中间动弹不得。
5. ADV-GRADED 坚定地;毫不动摇地
   If you hold fast to a principle or idea, or if you stand fast, you do not change your mind about it, even though people are trying to persuade you to.
   1. We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others...
      我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观：诚实、正派、关心他人。
   2. He told supporters to stand fast over the next few vital days.
      他叫支持者在接下来的几个重要日子里站稳立场。
6. ADJ-GRADED (颜色或染料)不褪色的，不掉色的
   If colours or dyes are fast, they do not come out of the fabrics they are used on when they get wet.
   1. The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast.
      为防止掉色，织物已经过熨烫。
7. ADJ 骄奢淫逸的;刺激而快乐的
   A fast way of life is one which involves a lot of enjoyable and expensive or dangerous activities.
   1. Life in Detroit no longer satisfied him; he wanted the fast life of California.
      他不再满意底特律的生活，想要过加利福尼亚那种刺激快乐的生活。
8. VERB 斋戒;禁食;绝食
   If you fast, you eat no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
   1. I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me.
      我斋戒了一天半，祈求上帝伸出援手。
   2. Fast is also a noun.
      
   3. The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.
      日落时开斋，按传统会吃椰枣、喝水。
9. PHRASE 熟睡的;沉睡的
   Someone who is fast asleep is completely asleep.
   1. When he went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep.
      他5分钟后上楼时，她已睡熟。
10. PHRASE 玩猫腻;玩弄
    If you say that someone is playing fast and loose, you are expressing disapproval of them for behaving in a deceitful, immoral, or irresponsible way.
    1. There have been people who have played fast and loose with the rules.
       有人在玩弄这些规则。
11. PHRASE 欺骗;哄骗;愚弄
    If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
    1. No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter.
       无疑有人在程序性问题上骗了她。
12. to make a fast buck → see: buck

1. He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system
   他正在服用一种危险的药物：这种药物能很快影响到中枢神经系统。
2. He's a rather good fast bowler.
   他是一个非常棒的快投手。
3. I threw caution to the wind and rode as fast as I could.
   我不顾一切，骑得飞快。
4. All countries, it was predicted, would develop and develop fast.
   据预测，所有国家都会实现发展而且发展速度会很快。
5. Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver
   众所周知，布林德利是个喜欢飞车的人。
6. The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform
   该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票，因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
7. The only question is how fast the process will be.
   唯一的问题是这个过程会有多快。
8. When you've got a crisis like this you need professional help — fast!
   当你遇到这样的危急情况，就需要专业救援了——要快！
9. We'd appreciate your leaving as fast as possible.
   如果您能尽快离开，我们将不胜感激。
10. That clock's an hour fast.
    那个钟快了一个小时。
11. She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail
    她紧紧地抓着栏杆，小心翼翼地爬楼梯。
12. The tanker is stuck fast on the rocks.
    油轮紧卡在礁石中间动弹不得。
13. We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others
    我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观：诚实、正派、关心他人。
14. He told supporters to stand fast over the next few vital days.
    他叫支持者在接下来的几个重要日子里站稳立场。
15. The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast.
    为防止掉色，织物已经过熨烫。
16. Life in Detroit no longer satisfied him; he wanted the fast life of California.
    他不再满意底特律的生活，想要过加利福尼亚那种刺激快乐的生活。
17. I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me.
    我斋戒了一天半，祈求上帝伸出援手。
18. There have been people who have played fast and loose with the rules.
    有人在玩弄这些规则。
19. No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter.
    无疑有人在程序性问题上骗了她。
20. Most of the time we just ate snacks and fast food.
    多数时候我们只吃点心和快餐。
21. Just fast forward the video
    让录像带快进就行了。
22. There's some sympathy for this new country's growing pains, but that sympathy is fast wearing out.
    一些人对这个新国家建国初期遇到的困难表示同情，但是那种同情很快就消失了。
23. How fast were you driving?
    你当时的车速有多快？
24. Things are changing so fast, it's hard to keep up.
    事情变化得太快了，很难跟上形势。
25. Megamalls and fast food restaurants line the highway system.
    公路系统沿线有大型商场和快餐店。
26. She was going too fast so I decided to keep riding at my own pace.
    她骑得太快了，所以我决定按自己的速度骑。
27. The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly
    第一个发言者开始讲话了，语速很快，声音相当大。
28. How fast can this car go?
    这车能跑多快？
29. This watch is sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
    这表时快时慢。

  fast quick rapid swift【导航词义：迅速的】

  fast adj. 迅速的

〔辨析〕指移动速度快的或能够快速移动的，也可指迅速或立即发生的。

  quick adj. 迅速的；脑子反应快的

〔辨析〕指持续或耗费时间短的，移动、做事等速度快的，或指人聪明、机敏的。

  rapid adj. 迅速的

〔辨析〕指快速发生或完成的。

  swift adj. 迅速的；敏捷的

〔辨析〕指立即发生或马上做出的；也可指移动速度快的或能够快速移动的，作此义解时只作定语。

adj.

fast and furious

• 情节节奏快且变化多端
  full of rapid action and sudden changes
  1. In his latest movie, the action is fast and furious.
     在他的最新电影中，情节起伏跌宕。

a fast talker

• 快嘴快舌但不可信赖的人
  a person who can talk very quickly and easily, but who cannot always be trusted

a fast worker

• 善于迅速达到目的的人；（尤指恋爱方面）善于一下子获得青睐的人
  a person who knows how to get what they want quickly, especially when beginning a sexual relationship with sb

make a fast/quick buck

• 轻易地赚钱
  to earn money quickly and easily

hard and fast

• 板上钉钉；不容更改
  that cannot be changed in any circumstances
  1. There are no hard and fast rules about this.
     这事没有什么硬性的规定。

pull a fast one (on sb)

• 蒙骗；捉弄
  to trick sb

adv.

as fast as your legs can carry you

• 尽快
  as quickly as you can

hold fast to sth

• 坚持（某种思想等）
  to continue to believe in an idea, etc. despite difficulties

play fast and loose (with sb/sth)

• 反复无常；若即若离；玩弄
  to treat sb/sth in a way that shows that you feel no responsibility or respect for them

stand fast/firm

• 坚定不移；不让步；不改变主张
  to refuse to move back; to refuse to change your opinions

thick and fast

• 又快又多；频频
  quickly and in large quantities
  1. Questions were coming at them thick and fast.
     问题铺天盖地向他们而来。

noun

1. abstaining from food

   Synonym:    fasting

verb

1. abstain from eating
   1. Before the medical exam, you must fast

2. abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
   1. Catholics sometimes fast during Lent

adj

1. (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
   1. a fast lens

2. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
   1. fast film
   2. on the fast track in school
   3. set a fast pace
   4. a fast car

3. at a rapid tempo
   1. the band played a fast fox trot

4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
   1. my watch is fast

5. securely fixed in place
   1. the post was still firm after being hit by the car

   Synonym:    firmimmobile

6. hurried and brief
   1. paid a flying visit
   2. took a flying glance at the book
   3. a quick inspection
   4. a fast visit

   Synonym:    flyingquick

7. unrestrained by convention or morality
   1. Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
   2. deplorably dissipated and degraded
   3. riotous living
   4. fast women

   Synonym:    debaucheddegeneratedegradeddissipateddissolutelibertineprofligateriotous

8. resistant to destruction or fading
   1. fast colors

9. (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
   1. a fast road
   2. grass courts are faster than clay

adv

1. quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
   1. how fast can he get here?
   2. ran as fast as he could
   3. needs medical help fast
   4. fast-running rivers
   5. fast-breaking news
   6. fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters

2. firmly or closely
   1. held fast to the rope
   2. her foot was stuck fast
   3. held tight

   Synonym:    tight