fast
US: /ˈfæst/
UK: /fˈɑːst/
UK: /fˈɑːst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fast /fɑ:st/
- tính từ
- chắc chắn
- a stake fast in the ground: cọc đóng chắc xuống đất
- to take fast hold of: nắm chắc, cầm chắc
- thân, thân thiết, keo sơn
- a fast friend: bạn thân
- fast friendship: tình bạn keo sơn
- bền, không phai
- a fast olour: màu bền
- nhanh, mau
- watch is fast: đồng hồ chạy nhanh
- a fast train: xe lửa tốc hành
- trác táng, ăn chơi, phóng đãng (người)
- the fast set: làng chơi
- to be fast with gout
- nằm liệt giường vì bệnh gút
- to make fast
- buộc chặt
- chắc chắn
- phó từ
- chắc chắn, bền vững, chặt chẽ
- to stand fast: đứng vững
- eyes fast shut: mắt nhắm nghiền
- to sleep fast: ngủ say sưa
- nhanh
- to run fast: chạy nhanh
- trác táng, phóng đãng
- to live fast: sống trác táng, ăn chơi
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ); (thơ ca) sát, ngay cạnh
- fast bind, fast find
- (tục ngữ) cẩn tắc vô ưu
- to play fast and loose
- lập lờ hai mặt, đòn xóc hai đầu
- chắc chắn, bền vững, chặt chẽ
- danh từ
- sự ăn chay
- mùa ăn chay; ngày ăn chay
- sự nhịn đói
- to break one's fast: ăn điểm tâm, ăn sáng
- nội động từ
- ăn chay; ăn kiêng (tôn giáo...)
- nhịn ăn
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, adverb, verb, noun
+ adjective (faster, fastest)
quick
1 moving or able to move quickly: a fast car / horse + the world's fastest runner
2 happening in a short time or without delay: the fastest rate of increase for several years + a fast response time
3 able to do sth quickly: a fast learner / reader
surface
4 producing or allowing quick movement: a fast road / pitch
See also -
watch / clock
5 [not before noun] showing a time later than the true time: I'm early-my watch must be fast. + That clock's ten minutes fast.
photographic film
6 (technical) very sensitive to light, and therefore useful when taking photographs in poor light or of sth that is moving very quickly
firmly fixed
7 (of a boat, etc.) firmly fixed and safe: He made the boat fast.
colours in clothes
8 not likely to change or to come out when washed
Help Note: There is no noun related to fast. Use speed in connection with vehicles, actions, etc.; quickness is used about thinking.
Idioms: fast and furious (of films / movies, shows, etc.) full of rapid action and sudden changes: In his latest movie, the action is fast and furious.
a fast talker a person who can talk very quickly and easily, but who cannot always be trusted: As a politician, she had the reputation for being a real fast talker.
a fast worker (informal) a person who knows how to get what they want quickly, especially when beginning a sexual relationship with sb
more at BUCK n., HARD adj., PULL v.
+ adverb (faster, fastest)
quickly
1 quickly: Don't drive so fast! + How fast were you going? + I can't go any faster. + The water was rising fast. + Her heart beat faster. + (formal) Night was fast approaching. + a fast-flowing stream - QUICK
2 in a short time; without delay: Children grow up so fast these days. + Britain is fast becoming a nation of fatties. + The police said that they had reacted as fast as they could.
firmly
3 firmly; completely: Within a few minutes she was fast asleep (= sleeping deeply). + The boat was stuck fast (= unable to move) in the mud.
Help Note: There is no noun related to fast. Use speed in connection with vehicles, actions, etc.; quickness is used about thinking.
Idioms: as fast as your legs can carry you as quickly as you can
hold fast to sth (formal) to continue to believe in an idea, etc. in spite of difficulties
play fast and loose (with sb/sth) (old-fashioned) to treat sb/sth in a way that shows that you feel no responsibility or respect for them
stand fast / firm to refuse to move back; to refuse to change your opinions
more at THICK adv.
+ verb [V] to eat little or no food for a period of time, especially for religious reasons: Muslims fast during Ramadan.
+ noun
a period during which you do not eat food, especially for religious or health reasons: to go on a fast + to break (= end) your fast
WHICH WORD?
fast / quick / rapid
These adjectives are frequently used with the following nouns: fast ~ quick ~ rapid ~
car glance change tab
train look growth
bowler reply increase
grower decision decline
pace method progress
lane way development
Fast is used especially to describe a person or thing that moves or is able to move at great speed.
Quick is more often used to describe something that is done in a short time or without delay.
Rapid, swift and speedy are more formal words.
Rapid is most commonly used to describe the speed at which something changes. It is not used to describe the speed at which something moves or is done: a rapid train + We had a rapid coffee.
Swift usually describes something that happens or is done quickly and immediately: a swift decision + The government took swift action.
Speedy has a similar meaning: a speedy recovery. It is used less often to talk about the speed at which something moves:
a speedy car.
For the use of fast and quick as adverbs, see the usage note at quick.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 quick, swift, fleet, speedy, brisk; brief, hurried, hasty, high-speed, accelerated, expeditious, rapid, express:
She is very fast on her feet. We need a fast turn-round on this job.
2 loose, profligate, wild, extravagant, dissipated, intemperate, irresponsible, sybaritic, self-indulgent, dissolute, unrestrained, indecorous, rakish, licentious, promiscuous, immoral, wanton, lecherous, lustful:
They led quite a fast life till their divorce.
3 firm, fastened, secure(d), fixed, tied, bound, connected, attached:
The boat was fast to the pier.
4 firm, fixed, settled, stable, solid, immovable, unshakable or unshakeable, tight:
The sword was fast in the stone.
5 firm, stable, steadfast, staunch, unwavering, constant, lasting, close, loyal, devoted, faithful, lasting, permanent:
We maintained a fast friendship over the years.
adv.
6 quickly, swiftly, rapidly, speedily, briskly, presto, hastily, hurriedly, with all speed or haste, expeditiously, apace, post-haste, like a flash, in the blink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say 'Jack Robinson', in no time (at all), Colloq like a bat out of hell, like a shot, p.d.q. (='pretty damned quick'), Brit like the clappers (of hell), US and Canadian quick like a bunny or rabbit, lickety-split:
Don't talk so fast. He ran out of there very fast. I'll be back very fast.
7 firmly, fixedly, immovably, solidly, unshakeably or unshakably, tightly, securely, soundly:
The rope held fast. He is fast asleep.
8 closely, close to, immediately, near, (close) on, right:
Fast on the heels of the fugitive came the police.
9 loosely, wildly, recklessly, intemperately, irresponsibly, fecklessly, extravagantly, intemperately, sybaritically, self-indulgently, dissolutely, unrestrainedly, indecorously, rakishly, licentiously, promiscuously, immorally, wantonly, lecherously, lustfully:
He's been living fast since inheriting that fortune.
v.
1 abstain, go hungry, deny oneself, diet, starve (oneself):
Do you fast during Lent?
n.
2 abstention, abstinence, fasting, self-denial, diet; hunger strike:
She went on a two-week fast.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem
Her pulse seemed very fast.
ADV.
exceptionally, extremely, really, remarkably, surprisingly, very
I should make a very fast profit on these.
| a bit, fairly, a little, pretty, quite, reasonably, relatively
I suppose delivery in two days is quite fast really.
| amazingly, blindingly, incredibly, unbelievably
He came round the corner blindingly fast.
| dangerously
Concise English dictionary
fasts|fasted|fasting|faster|fastestfæst /fɑːst
noun
+abstaining from food
verb
+abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
+abstain from eating
adj.
+acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
+(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time
+at a rapid tempo
+(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
+firmly fastened or secured against opening
+resistant to destruction or fading
+unrestrained by convention or morality
+hurried and brief
+securely fixed in place
+unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
adv.
+quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
+firmly or tightly
