quick on the draw 的定义
- Also, quick on the trigger. Rapid in acting or reacting, as in You have to be quick on the draw if you want to find low-rent housing here, or Bruce was quick on the trigger when it came to answering questions. The first expression came from the American West's gunslingers and was broadened to mean “a quick reaction” in the first half of the 1900s. The variant originated about 1800.
quick on the draw 近义词
等同于 quick
quick on the draw 的近义词 42 个
- able
- active
- deft
- effective
- keen
- ready
- sharp
- vigorous
- wise
- acute
- adept
- knowing
- prompt
- savvy
- slick
- whiz
- adroit
- all there
- apt
- astute
- bright
- canny
- capable
- clever
- competent
- dexterous
- discerning
- effectual
- intelligent
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- quick-witted
- receptive
- sharp as a tack
- shrewd
- skillful
- smart as a whip
- wired
quick on the draw 的反义词 17 个
等同于 quick-witted
quick on the draw 的近义词 35 个
- astute
- brainy
- intelligent
- perceptive
- shrewd
- acute
- agile
- alert
- apt
- bright
- brilliant
- canny
- clever
- facetious
- humorous
- keen
- knowing
- nimble-witted
- on the ball
- penetrating
- penetrative
- prompt
- quick
- quick on the uptake
- ready
- savvy
- sharp
- sharp as a tack
- sharp-sighted
- sharp-witted
- slick
- whiz
- wired
- wise
- witty
quick on the draw 的反义词 8 个
等同于 spry
等同于 agile
更多quick on the draw例句
- Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
- Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- It was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.
- His enemies in the cabinet were quick to perceive when their devices had taken effect on the King and Queen.
- Instead of writing slander and flat blasphemy, they propose to draw it, and not draw it mild.