1650s, from French rapidité and directly from Latin rapiditatem (nominative rapiditas) "swiftness, rapidity, velocity," from rapidus "hasty, swift, rapid" (see rapid).
雙語例句
1. The water rushed through the holes with great rapidity.
湍急的水流奔涌過洞口。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The styles change with bewildering rapidity.
風格多變,令人應接不暇.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Animal and vegetable pests spread with extreme rapidity.
動植物疫害傳播極快.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. The soldiers loaded and discharged with great rapidity.
士兵們迅速裝子彈發射.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. The film shows the rapidity of the changes in this area of medicine.