speed /spiːd/ CET4 TEM4 ( speeding, speeded, speeds )

• 1. 

  N-VAR The speed of something is the rate at which it moves or travels. (移动、运行的) 速度

  例：

  He drove off at high speed.

  他高速驾车离去了。

  例：

  Wind speeds reached force five.

  风速达到了5级。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The speed of something is the rate at which it happens or is done. (发生、完成的) 速度

  例：

  In the late 1850s the speed of technological change quickened.

  在19世纪50年代末，技术变革的速度加快了。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT Speed is very fast movement or travel. 快速

  例：

  Speed is the essential ingredient of all athletics.

  速度是所有体育运动的基本要素。

  例：

  He put on a burst of speed.

  他暴发出一阵猛冲。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Speed is a very fast rate at which something happens or is done. (发生、完成的) 高速

  例：

  I was amazed at his speed of working.

  我对他工作的高速感到惊讶。

• 5. 

  V-I If you speed somewhere, you move or travel there quickly, usually in a vehicle. (通常指乘车) 迅速疾驰

  例：

  Trains will speed through the tunnel at 186 mph.

  火车将以每小时186英里的速度快速穿过隧道。

• 6. 

  V-I Someone who is speeding is driving a vehicle faster than the legal speed limit. 超速驾驶 [usu cont]

  例：

  This man was not qualified to drive and was speeding.

  这个男子没有资格开车， 而且还在超速驾驶。

• 7. 

  speeding N-UNCOUNT 超速驾驶

  例：

  He was fined for speeding last year.

  他去年因超速驾驶被罚了款。

• 8. 

  N-UNCOUNT Speed is an illegal drug such as amphetamine which some people take to increase their energy and excitement. 快速丸 [非正式]

• 9. 

  to pick up speed →see pick up