English-Thai Dictionary

swift

ADJ ฉับพลัน  ฉับไว  ทันที  prompt sudden chab-pan

 

swift

ADJ ว่องไว  คล่องแคล่ว  รวดเร็ว  quick fast speedy rapid wong-wai

 

swift

ADV อย่างรวดเร็ว  อย่าง ทันควัน  quickly suddenly rapidly yang-ruad-reo

 

swift

N กระสวย ด้าย  เครื่อง กรอ  reel cylinder kra-suai-dai

 

swift

N จิ้งจก  จิ้งจก ขนาดเล็ก ซึ่ง เคลื่อนที่ อย่างรวดเร็ว  lizard jing-jok

 

swift

N นกช นิดหนึ่ง คล้าย นก นาง แอ่น  nok-cha-nid-nuang-kai-nok-nang-aen

 

swiftlet

N นก ขนาดเล็ก คล้าย นก นาง แอ่น  swift nok-cha-nid-nuang-kai-nok-nang-aen

 

swiftly

ADV อย่างรวดเร็ว  อย่างว่องไว  อย่าง คล่องแคล่ว  อย่าง ฉับพลัน  quickly instantaneously rapidly yang-ruad-reo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWIFT

a. 1. Moving a great distance or over a large space in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy. We say, soft winds, a swift stream, swift lightnings, swift motion, swift as thought, a fowl swift of wing, a man swift of foot. Swift is applicable to any kind of motion.
2. Ready; prompt.
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James 1:19.
3. Speedy; that comes without delay.
There shall be false teachers among you, who shall privily bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Peter 2:1.

 

SWIFT

n.The current of a stream. [Little used. ] 1. In domestic affairs, a reel or turning instrument for winding yarn. [This is a sense directly from the Saxon verb. ]
2. A bird, a species of swallow, so called from the rapidity of its flight.
3. The common newt or eft, a species of lizard.

 

SWIFTER

n.In a ship, a rope used to confine the bars of the capstan in their sockets, while men are turning it; also, a rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides from the impulse of other boats. Swifters also are two shrouds fixed on the starboard and larboard sides of the lower masts, above all the other shrouds, to give the masts additional security.

 

SWIFTER

v.t.To stretch, as shrouds by tackles.

 

SWIFTLY

adv. Fleetly; rapidly; with celerity; with quick motion or velocity. Pleas'd with the passage, we slide swiftly on.

 

SWIFTNESS

n.Speed; rapid motion; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity. Swiftness is a word of general import, applicable to every kind of motion, and to every thing that moves; as the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWIFT

Swift, a. [Compar. Swifter; superl. Swiftest.] Etym: [AS. swift; akin to swapan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf. swifan to move quickly, to revolve. See Swoop, v. i., and cf. Swivel, Squib. ]

 

1. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James i. 19.Swift of dispatch and easy of access. Dryden. And bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pet. ii. 1.

 

2. Of short continuance; passing away quickly. Shak.

 

Note: Swift is often used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, swift-darting, swift-footed, swift- winged, etc.

 

Syn. -- Quick; fleet; speedy; rapid; expeditious.

 

SWIFT

SWIFT Swift, adv.

 

Defn: Swiftly. [Obs. or Poetic ] Shak. Ply swift and strong the oar. Southey.

 

SWIFT

SWIFT Swift, n.

 

1. The current of a stream. [R.] Walton.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidæ. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.

 

Note: The common European swift (Cypselus, or Micropus, apus ) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams. It is called also black martin, black swift, hawk swallow, devil bird, swingdevil, screech martin, and shreik owl. The common American, or chimney, swift (Chætura pelagica ) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also chimney swallow. The Australian swift (Chætura caudacuta ) also has sharp naked tips to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift (Cypselus melba ) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast. The common Indian swift is Cypselus affinis. See also Palm swift, under Palm, and Tree swift, under Tree.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The ghost moth. See under Ghost.

 

5. Etym: [Cf. Swivel. ]

 

Defn: A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc. ; -- used chiefly in the plural.

 

6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

 

SWIFTER

Swift "er, n. Etym: [Cf. Swivel. ] (Naut. )(a ) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. (b ) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.(c ) The forward shroud of a lower mast.

 

SWIFTER

SWIFTER Swift "er, v. t. (Naut. )

 

Defn: To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.

 

SWIFTFOOT

SWIFTFOOT Swift "foot `, a.

 

Defn: Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag.

 

SWIFTFOOT

SWIFTFOOT Swift "foot `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The courser.

 

SWIFTLET

SWIFTLET Swift "let, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.

 

SWIFTLY

SWIFTLY Swift "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Wyclif.

 

SWIFTNESS

SWIFTNESS Swift "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swift

swift |swift swɪft | ▶adjective happening quickly or promptly: a remarkably swift recovery. • moving or capable of moving at high speed: the water was very swift | the swiftest horse in his stable. ▶adverb literary except in combination swiftly: streams that ran swift and clear | a swift-acting poison. ▶noun 1 a swift-flying insectivorous bird with long slender wings and a superficial resemblance to a swallow, spending most of its life on the wing. [Family Apodidae: several genera and numerous species, including the common Eurasian swift (Apus apus ).] 2 (also swift moth ) a moth, typically yellow-brown in color, with fast darting flight. The eggs are scattered in flight and the larvae live underground feeding on roots, where they can be a serious pest. [Family Hepialidae: Hepialus and other genera. ] 3 a light, adjustable reel for holding a skein of silk or wool. DERIVATIVES swift ly adverb, swift ness noun ORIGIN Old English (as an adjective ), from the Germanic base of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course, sweep. ’ The bird name dates from the mid 17th cent.

 

Swift, Jonathan

Swift, Jonathan |swift swɪft | (1667 –1745 ), Irish satirist, poet, and Anglican cleric; known as Dean Swift. He is best known for Gulliver's Travels (1726 ), a satire on human society in the form of a fantastic tale of travels in imaginary lands.

 

swift fox

swift fox ▶noun a small fox with a yellowish-buff coat and a black-tipped tail, living on the plains of North America. [Vulpes velox, family Canidae. ]

 

swiftlet

swift let |ˈswif (t )lit ðəswɪftlət | ▶noun a small swift found in southern Asia and Australasia. [Genera Aerodramus and Collocalia, family Apodidae: many species. ]

 

swifty

swifty |ˈswɪfti |(also swiftie ) ▶noun ( pl. swifties ) informal 1 Brit. an alcoholic drink consumed swiftly. 2 chiefly Austral. /NZ a deceptive trick: they had hoped to pull a swifty . 3 chiefly Austral. /NZ a person who acts or thinks quickly: boy, are you a swifty.

 

Oxford Dictionary

swift

swift |swɪft | ▶adjective happening quickly or promptly: a remarkably swift recovery. • moving or capable of moving at high speed: the water was very swift | the swiftest horse in his stable. ▶adverb literary except in combination swiftly: streams which ran swift and very clear | a swift-acting poison. ▶noun 1 a swift-flying insectivorous bird with long, slender wings and a superficial resemblance to a swallow, spending most of its life on the wing. ●Family Apodidae: several genera and numerous species, in particular the common Eurasian swift (Apus apus ). 2 (also swift moth ) a moth, typically yellow-brown in colour, with fast darting flight. The eggs are scattered in flight and the larvae live underground feeding on roots, where they can be a serious pest. ●Family Hepialidae: Hepialus and other genera. 3 a light, adjustable reel for holding a skein of silk or wool. DERIVATIVES swiftly adverb, swiftness noun ORIGIN Old English (as an adjective ), from the Germanic base of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course, sweep ’. The bird name dates from the mid 17th cent.

 

Swift, Jonathan

Swift |swɪft | (1667 –1745 ), Irish satirist, poet, and Anglican cleric; known as Dean Swift. He is best known for Gulliver's Travels (1726 ), a satire on human society in the form of a fantastic tale of travels in imaginary lands.

 

swift fox

swift fox ▶noun a small fox with a yellowish-buff coat and a black-tipped tail, living on the plains of North America. ●Vulpes velox, family Canidae.

 

swiftlet

swift |let |ˈswɪftlɪt | ▶noun a small swift found in southern Asia and Australasia. ●Genera Aerodramus and Collocalia, family Apodidae: many species.

 

swifty

swifty |ˈswɪfti |(also swiftie ) ▶noun ( pl. swifties ) informal 1 Brit. an alcoholic drink consumed swiftly. 2 chiefly Austral. /NZ a deceptive trick: they had hoped to pull a swifty . 3 chiefly Austral. /NZ a person who acts or thinks quickly: boy, are you a swifty.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

swift

swift adjective 1 a swift decision: prompt, rapid, sudden, immediate, instant, instantaneous; abrupt, hasty, hurried, precipitate, headlong. ANTONYMS unhurried. 2 swift runners: fast, rapid, quick, speedy, high-speed, fast-paced, brisk, lively; express, breakneck; fleet-footed; informal nippy, supersonic. ANTONYMS slow, sluggish. WORD NOTE swift A lovely onomatopoeic synonym for quick, evoking the gust of wind whispering in the wake of the described rapidly moving object, animal, or person. Great for descriptions of athletes and races —see Ecclesiastes. — DA Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

swift

swift adjective 1 Ramsay made a swift decision: prompt, rapid, sudden, immediate, instant, instantaneous, without delay, ready, punctual; abrupt, unhesitating, hasty, hurried, precipitate, headlong; informal p.d.q. (pretty damn quick ). ANTONYMS unhurried. 2 most of them are swift runners: fast, rapid, quick, speedy, fleet-footed, fleet, swift as an arrow, like the wind, like lightning; literary winged, flying; informal nippy, supersonic. ANTONYMS slow, sluggish. 3 pupils are expected to make swift progress: rapid, quick, brisk, lively, speedy, fast, high-speed, expeditious, express, breakneck, meteoric, whirlwind; informal spanking, nippy. ANTONYMS slow, leisurely.

 

swiftly

swiftly adverb 1 the police reacted swiftly: promptly, immediately, instantly, instantaneously, without delay, post-haste, in a flash, in a trice, in the wink of an eye, in an instant, in no time (at all ); readily, punctually, meteorically; suddenly, abruptly, unhesitatingly, hastily, hurriedly, precipitately, headlong; informal before you can say Jack Robinson, before you can say knife, like a shot, like greased lightning, at warp speed, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick ), lickety-split, in a jiff /jiffy, pronto, in less than no time. ANTONYMS unhurriedly, in due course. 2 he went swiftly through the house: rapidly, quickly, fast, speedily, briskly, at high speed, at full tilt, like the wind, like lightning, at breakneck speed, as fast as one's legs can carry one, as swift as an arrow; informal double quick, nippily, like the clappers; literary apace. ANTONYMS slowly.

 

swiftness

swiftness noun 1 the children had the swiftness of weasels: speed, speediness, quickness, velocity, celerity, fleetness, fastness, rapidity, rapidness, liveliness; informal nippiness. ANTONYMS slowness, sluggishness. 2 bankruptcy can happen with surprising swiftness: suddenness, abruptness, instantaneity, rapidity, rapidness, haste, hastiness, briskness, hurriedness, hurry. 3 the answer came with unwanted swiftness: promptness, immediateness, immediacy, instantaneousness, rapidity, rapidness, dispatch, punctuality; alacrity, expeditiousness, readiness, willingness. ANTONYMS lateness, tardiness.

 

Duden Dictionary

Swift

Swift Eigenname |Sw i ft |englisch-irischer Schriftsteller

 

Sanseido Dictionary

SWIFT

SWIFT スウィフト 〖 Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication 〗国際銀行間通信協会 。国際金融機関の通信業務を遂行するために 1973 年設立 。本部はベルギー 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Swift

Swift /swɪft /名詞 スウィフト 〘Jonathan ～, 1667 --1745; アイルランド生まれの英国の風刺小説家 〙.

 

swift

swift /swɪft /〖語源は 「くるっと向きを変える 」〗(副 )swiftly 形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 〈行動などが 〉即座の ; 速やかな , 迅速な (→fast 1 コーパスの窓 )▸ take swift and decisive action 迅速かつ断固たる行動をとる ▸ a swift response 早急な対応 2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(動きがなめらかで )速い , すばやい ▸ with a swift motion [movement ]すばやい動きで ▸ a swift current 速い流れ ▸ He is a swift runner. ≒｟文 ｠He is swift of foot .彼は足が速い 3 〖be ～〗すぐ «…» する «to do , in do ing » ; «…に » すぐなる «to » ▸ be swift to decide 決断が早い ▸ be swift to anger すぐに怒る 4 頭の良い, 賢明な ▸ She's not too swift .｟米 くだけた話 ｠彼女はあまり賢くない .副詞 ～er ; ～est 〖しばしば複合語で 〗速く , すばやく ▸ a swift -flying swallow 速く飛ぶツバメ 名詞 C 1 〘鳥 〙アマツバメ .2 〘動 〙ハリトカゲ 〘北米砂漠地区に住む 〙.3 (絹 毛糸などの )巻き取り枠 , 糸巻き .

 

swiftly

swift ly /swɪ́ftli /→swift 副詞 すばやく, 速く .

 

swiftness

sw í ft ness 名詞 U すばやさ, 敏速さ .