speed /ˈspid/
 速度,迅速,速率(vi.)加速,超速,快進(vt.)快速傳送,促進,使加速;[俚]脫氧麻黃鹼(一種強興奮劑)
 speed /ˈspɪd/ 名詞
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 變速齒輸
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 半速度
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 中速
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 高速閱讀機
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 四分之一速率; 四分之一速度
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 速度
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 高速儲存
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 低速儲存
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 速率
 Speed v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sped Speeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Speeding.]
 1. To go; to fare. [Obs.]
    To warn him now he is too farre sped.   --Remedy of Love.
 2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
 Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped;
  The mightiest still upon the smallest fed.   --Waller.
 3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
 Save London, and send true lawyers their meed!
 For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!   --Lydgate.
 I told ye then he should prevail, and speed
 On his bad errand.   --Milton.
 4. To make haste; to move with celerity.
    I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility.   --Shak.
 5. To be expedient. [Obs.]
 Speed n.
 1. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. “For common speed.”
    O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day.   --Gen. xxiv. 12.
 2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
    Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails.   --Milton.
 Note: ☞ In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the amount of velocity without regard to direction of motion, while velocity is not regarded as known unless both the direction and the amount are known.
 3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. [Obs.] “Hercules be thy speed!”
 God speed, Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed.
 Speed gauge, Speed indicator, ∧ Speed recorder Mach., devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given time.
 Speed lathe Mach., a power lathe with a rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a hand lathe.
 Speed pulley, a cone pulley with steps.
 Syn: -- Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch; expedition; hurry; acceleration. See Haste.
 Speed, v. t.
 1. To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. “Fortune speed us!”
    With rising gales that speed their happy flight.   --Dryden.
 2. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
    He sped him thence home to his habitation.   --Fairfax.
 3. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
    Judicial acts . . . are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.   --Ayliffe.
 4. To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo. “Sped with spavins.”
 A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped.
 If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead.   --Pope.
 5. To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
    Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.   --Pope.
 God speed you, them, etc., may God speed you; or, may you have good speed.
 Syn: -- To dispatch; hasten; expedite; accelerate; hurry.
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 speed
      n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: velocity]
      2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
         project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: swiftness,
          fastness]
      3: changing location rapidly [syn: speeding, hurrying]
      4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
         lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number]
      5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
         decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some
         forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper]
      v 1: step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
           "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
            hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball
           along, bucket along, belt along] [ant: linger]
      2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed
         up, quicken] [ant: decelerate]
      3: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket
         for speeding"
      4: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
         speed" [syn: travel rapidly, hurry, zip]
      5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: accelerate,
          speed up] [ant: decelerate]
      [also: sped]