【fast音标】 英[fɑ:st] 美[fæst]
【单词释义】 fast是什么意思：
adj.快的；迅速的；走得快；感光快的；紧的
adv.（比准确的时间或宣布的时间）快；迅速地；紧紧地；彻底地
vi.节食，禁食，（尤指）斋戒
n.禁食期，斋戒期；断食，节食
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] fasts [第三人称单数] fasts
[单词现在分词] fasting
[单词过去式] fasted
[单词过去分词] fasted
[比较级] faster [最高级] fastest
【fast形近词/近似词】
steadfast adj.坚定的；固定的；不动摇的
unfasten v.解开（尤指衣服或带子）；松开；脱开；打开
breakfast n.早餐
【近义词解析】
◇ 迅速的
fast (adj. 迅速的)：指移动速度快的或能够快速移动的，也可指迅速或立即发生的。强调速度快。
quick (adj. 迅速的；脑子反应快的)：指持续或耗费时间短的，移动、做事等速度快的，或指人聪明、机敏的。强调时间短。
rapid (adj. 迅速的)：指快速发生或完成的。强调发展迅速。
swift (adj. 迅速的；敏捷的)：指立即发生或马上做出的；也可指移动速度快的或能够快速移动的，作此义解时只作定语。
【单词例句】
◇ The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
失去爱的方法，最快莫过于将其牢牢地抓在手心；令爱长驻的方法，最好莫过于赋予它一双翅膀——将爱放飞！
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ "China has already made extraordinary progress. It's a fact that China has lifted more people out of poverty at the fastest rate anywhere and anytime in history already."
福斯特说：“中国已经取得了非凡的成就。历史上从没有哪个国家像中国这样迅速帮助如此多的人脱离贫困，这一点无可否认。”
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ By the time you wake up, you likely haven't eaten for 10 or 12 hours, which is where breakfast got its name — it means "breaking the fast," DeFazio said.
早晨醒来，你已经10到12个小时没有进食，这就是“早餐”名字的来源，意思是“打破禁食”。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ It's believed that this cycle helps round out your sense of smell. As Matt Soniak reports for MentalFloss, some smells are better picked up by fast moving air through your nose, while others take more time and are detected better with slow-moving air.
据称，这种循环有助于丰富人们的嗅觉。据MentalFloss网站的马特-索尼亚克报道说，某些气味能更好地被鼻孔中快速气流捕捉到，而其它气味需要更多时间被慢速气流捕捉到。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ McDonald's, Burger King, Jack in the Box... These fast food companies have something in common. Can you spot it?
麦当劳、汉堡王、玩偶匣汉堡店……这些快餐公司有一个共同点，你注意到了吗？
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ As for how much exercise, Dr Claire Knight, senior health information manager at Cancer Research UK, recommended 150 minutes of exercise a week, but said: “You don’t need to run a marathon or join a gym – anything that gets you warmer, slightly out of breath, and your heart beating faster counts.
那么需要多大的运动量才能有效果？英国癌症研究院的高级健康信息主管克莱尔·奈特博士建议每周锻炼150分钟，但是他指出：“你不需要跑马拉松或去健身馆，只要能让你热起来、稍微有点气喘、心脏加速的活动都可以。”
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ Running fast and hard for just 5 to 10 minutes a day can provide some of the same health outcomes as running for hours can.
每天高强度地跑上5到10分钟所带来的某些好处和连续跑上数小时是一样的。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ Certified strength and conditioning specialist Kyle Firmstone has seen many problematic treadmill activities. Firmstone said you shouldn't walk too close to the console, jump off and on while the machine is still in motion, or set the treadmill to a speed faster than you can handle.
力量和调节认证专家凯尔·费尔姆斯通见过很多使用跑步机的错误做法。费尔姆斯通指出，不能走得离控制台太近，也不能在跑带仍在移动的时候跳上跳下，或是给跑步机设定的速度超出自己的能力范围。
---- How to use treadmills safely
◇ One factor is the volume of a given drink: The more you drink, the faster the drink empties from your stomach and gets absorbed into the bloodstream, where it can dilute the body's fluids and hydrate you.
一个因素是饮料的摄入量：你喝得越多，饮料从胃里排空并被血流吸收的速度越快，从而稀释体液，给你补水。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ Launching the WHO's global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco smoking, he said that industrialized countries are making faster progress than developing countries.
他在发布世卫组织全球吸烟率趋势报告时说，工业化国家比发展中国家控烟进步更快。