单词 | whizz |
释义 | whizz1 British English, whiz American English /wɪz/ verb [intransitive] 1 [always + adverb/preposition] informal a) FAST/QUICKto move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air 嗖嗖地飞驰 An ambulance whizzed past. 一辆救护车呼啸而过。 I saw a big piece of metal whizzing through the air. 我看见一大块金属嗖地在空中飞过。 b) FAST/QUICKto do something very quickly 迅速地做whizz through Let’s just whizz through it one more time. 我们就快速地再来一遍吧。2. American English spokenHBH to urinate 撒尿→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswhizz• Flashbacks to stilted junior-year productions started whizzing by faster than you can say Grosse Pointe Blank.• She had only ever seen them at a distance before, or whizzing by in their cars.• I stared out the window, watching as kids on bicycles and skateboards whizzed by.• Smoking on a train journey, looking out at the countryside whizzing by.• By the end of the week, Emma was whizzing down green runs, turning superbly and tackling the lifts with ease.• I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town.• We had scarcely got in there before the train came whizzing past at a great rate..• A bullet whizzed past my ear.• The armor meant that bullets were expected to be whizzing through the cockpit.whizz2 British English, whiz American English noun 1 [countable] informalINTELLIGENT someone who is very fast, intelligent, or skilled in a particular activity 快手,高手,能人 a math whiz 数学高手2. take a whiz HBH American English spoken to urinate 撒尿3. [countable, uncountable] informal amphetamine 苯丙胺,安非他明 → gee whizExamples from the Corpuswhizz• She's a whizz in the kitchen.• When marketing whizzes renamed the fruit the kiwi, says the newsletter Turn Signals, sales shot up all over the world.From Longman Business Dictionarywhizzwhizz /wɪz/ (also whiz American English) noun [countable] informal someone who is very skilled in a particular activity or is successful in a particular area of workTop managers may befinancial whizzes, but they aren’t marketing geniuses.He’s a whizz at website design.whizz1 verbwhizz2 nounChinese often a sound like to Business very making move quickly, Corpus |
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