Fast

(noun.) abstaining from food.

(verb.) abstain from eating; 'Before the medical exam, you must fast'.

(verb.) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; 'Catholics sometimes fast during Lent'.

(adj.) (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; 'a fast lens' .

(adj.) acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; 'fast film'; 'on the fast track in school'; 'set a fast pace'; 'a fast car' .

(adj.) at a rapid tempo; 'the band played a fast fox trot' .

(adj.) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; 'my watch is fast' .

(adj.) securely fixed in place; 'the post was still firm after being hit by the car' .

(adj.) resistant to destruction or fading; 'fast colors' .

(adj.) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; 'a fast road'; 'grass courts are faster than clay' .

(adv.) quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); 'how fast can he get here?'; 'ran as fast as he could'; 'needs medical help fast'; 'fast-running rivers'; 'fast-breaking news'; 'fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters'.

(adv.) firmly or closely; 'held fast to the rope'; 'her foot was stuck fast'; 'held tight'.

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• I warrant you she'd go to him fast enough without. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I am coming, he called back; ?I am coming as fast as I can! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• My father, who taught me, is away, and I don't get on very fast alone, for I've no one to correct my pronunciation. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I took four lessons, and then I stuck fast in a grammatical bog. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I don't think I ever drove faster, but the others were there before us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I have not seen animals that moved faster, unless I might say it of the antelopes of our own great plains. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The prisoner counted the measurement again, and paced faster, to draw his mind with him from that latter repetition. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, owned by the North German Lloyd Company, and built in 1897, is shown in Fig. 114, and for three years held the record as the fastest steamship afloat. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• On the contrary, it is naturally low in rich, and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Deutschland in her eastward trip September 4, 1900, crossed the Atlantic in 5 days 7 hours and 38 minutes, which is the fastest time on record. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Hence it was necessary to become a very rapid writer, so I started to find the fastest style. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• By this time, fasting and fretting had made poor Meyler seriously unwell. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• They'll have a day of fasting appointed for this backsliding, if you become a slaveholder! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• This, the student was to swallow upon a fasting stomach, and for three days following, eat nothing but bread and water. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• And now, mother, said he, turning to Rachel, hurry thy preparations for these friends, for we must not send them away fasting. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• For a whole week he fasted absolutely. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At first it scarcely procured me the means of sustaining life; but how savoury was hunger when I fasted in peace! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was now about eight o'clock at night, and the captain ordered supper immediately, thinking I had already fasted too long. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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