Word · Frequency #1245
speeded
快速移动；疾行
speeded is the past of speed.
To move or go quickly.
- 1.
To go fast.
快速移动。
- 2.
To exceed the speed limit.
超过限速。
- 3.
To increase the rate at which something occurs.
提高某事发生的速率。
- 4.
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
使加快；迅速发送；全速行驶；因而,催促；匆忙。
- 5.
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
加速得出结论；加快处理。
超速行驶；加快；加速；促进；快速移动。；超过限速。；提高某事发生的速率。
In use
The cyclist sped down the hill without using the brakes.
We got a ticket because we were speeding on the highway.
Opening the windows speeds the drying of the paint.
speed up
speed up 也可作为及物动词短语，但不及物用法更常见。
The driver sped up when he saw the green light.
司机看到绿灯时加速了。
speed through sth
表示快速完成某事，后接名词或代词。
She speeded through her homework to catch the show.
她飞快地做完作业赶着看节目。
speed sth to sb/sth
及物用法，较正式，常与表示目的地或接受者的词连用。
The company sped the package to the customer overnight.
Connections
Collocations
- speed up
- 加速；加快
- The company hired more workers to speed up production.公司雇佣更多工人来加快生产。
- speed past
- 飞驰而过
- A fire engine sped past our house.一辆消防车从我们家门口飞驰而过。
- speed through
- 快速完成
- He sped through his breakfast and left.他匆匆吃完早饭就离开了。
- speed off
- 疾驰而去
- She got in the car and sped off.她上车后疾驰而去。
- speed along
- 沿……快速行驶
- The boat sped along the coast.小船沿着海岸快速行驶。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：speed 发音像一阵风呼啸而过，开快车超速就是它；sped 是过去式，更短更快。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：daily conversation、traffic/road、formal writing speed 作动词时，不同义项的语域差别较大：表示“快速移动”或“超速行驶”时在日常生活中和交通场景里很常见，比较自然；表示“加快、促进”时多用于较正式或书面表达。实际使用需根据具体义项和场合选择，不宜一概而论。
Grammar Note
作为动词时，既可作及物动词（如speed the process），也可作不及物动词（如speed along）。常与up连用形成短语动词，表示‘加速’。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均以 /iːd/ 结尾，与 speed /spiːd/ 押韵。注意拼写为 -eed 的词如 seed、need、feed、weed、bleed、deed 发音相同；但 read（/riːd/ 或 /rɛd/）和 lead（/liːd/ 或 /lɛd/）虽在一种读法中也可押韵，另有不同发音，不能仅凭拼写判断。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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