quickening  /kw'ɪkənɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  quickening
  (a.)使活的,使復生的,使活潑的胎動

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Quicken \Quick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {quickened}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Quickening}.] [AS. cwician. See {Quick}, a.]
     1. To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as
        from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to,
        stimulate; to incite.
  
              The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that
              quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize.
                                                    -- South.
  
     2. To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional
        energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to
        hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or
        thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.
  
     3. (Shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make
        (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to
        make its curve more pronounced.
  
     Syn: To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify;
          refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate;
          expedite; dispatch; speed.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Quickening \Quick"en*ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of making or of becoming quick.
  
     2. (Physiol.) The first motion of the fetus in the womb felt
        by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the
        term of pregnancy. It has been popularly supposed to be
        due to the fetus becoming possessed of independent life.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  quickening
       n 1: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of
            seed that will become ripe grain"
       2: the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels
          movements of the fetus
       3: the act of accelerating; increasing the speed [syn: {acceleration},
           {speedup}]