صيغ مركبة:
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| at breakneck speed expr | (dangerously fast) | بسرعة خطيرة |
at full speed,
at top speed expr | (as fast as possible) | بأقصى سرعة |
| | If you run the motor at full speed for more than an hour, there is a danger it will overheat and seize up. |
| at warp speed expr | figurative (extremely rapidly) | بسرعة هائلة |
| | It's difficult for companies to keep up with an industry that's moving at warp speed. |
| burst of speed n | (sudden increase in speed) | تسارع مفاجئ |
| | With a sudden burst of speed, he passed his competition and won the race. |
| cruising speed n | (vehicle: speed that is easy to maintain) (سرعة يسهل البقاء عليها) | سرعة الطواف، سرعة التطواف |
| full speed n | (maximum speed) | سرعة قصوى |
| | This boat's full speed is 30 miles per hour. |
full speed ahead,
full steam ahead interj | (as fast as possible) | بأعلى سرعة |
| | The enemy's approaching from the south – full speed ahead! |
| gather speed vtr + n | (get faster) | يزيد السرعة |
| | His bike began to gather speed as he rode down the hill. |
| high speed n | often plural (great velocity) | سرعة كبيرة |
| | Trains have a long braking distance due to the high speeds at which they travel. |
| high-speed n as adj | (chase: very fast) (مطاردة) | سريع |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun it modifies. |
| | The movie features a high-speed car chase through the streets of New York City. |
| high-speed n as adj | (Internet, broadband: acting quickly) (إنترنت) | سريع، عالي السرعة |
| | Having high-speed internet makes it easy to stream videos and movies. |
| high-speed train n | (railway train designed to travel very fast) | القطار السريع |
| | I can get to Madrid in two hours using the new high-speed train. |
idle speed,
also UK: idling speed n | (engine's slowest speed) | السرعة الخاملة، سرعة التباطؤ، السرعة البطيئة |
more haste,
less speed expr | (Work carefully to finish faster) | لا تجعل السرعة تؤخّرك |
| | | كن حريصًا في عملك كي تنتهي بوقت أسرع |
| | Proofreading requires a lot of careful attention to detail; it's a case of more haste, less speed. |
| pick up speed v expr | (get faster) | يُسْرِع، يَزِيد سُرْعَتَه |
racing skate,
speed skate,
racer n | (long-bladed ice skate) (مزلجة جليد بنصل طويل) | مزلجة سباق |
| shutter speed n | (photography: exposure time) (في التصوير) | سرعة الغالق |
| speed along vi + adv | (travel rapidly) | يسير بسرعة |
| | We watched all the German cars speeding along on the Autobahn. |
speed bump,
speed ramp n | (hump in road: deters speeding) | مطب لتخفيف السرعة |
| | Driving too fast over speed bumps will damage your car's suspension. |
| speed bump n | figurative (hindrance) | عائق بسيط، مشكلة مؤقتة |
| | I think that argument you had with your wife is just a speed bump. |
| speed camera n | (device that detects speeding traffic) (كاميرا تكشف السيارات المسرعة) | كاميرا سرعة |
| | A speed camera was installed outside the school to deter drivers from going too fast. |
| speed demon n | slang (fast driver) | سائق مغرم بالسواقة السريعة |
| | What a speed demon! - he's going to get hurt some day. |
| speed dial n | (phone feature: calling a number automatically) (في الهاتف) | ميزة الاتصال السريع |
| speed hump n | (bump in road that slows traffic) | مطبّ سرعة عريض |
| speed limit n | (legal restriction on vehicle speed) | حدود السرعة |
| | In the United States, the speed limit for most highways is 65 miles per hour. |
| speed of light n | (how fast light travels) | سرعة الضوء |
| speed of sound n | (how fast sound travels) | سرعة الصوت |
| speed record n | (fastest speed officially recorded) | رقم قياسي في السرعة |
| | The Guinness World Book tracks the speed records of cars, airplanes, boats, etc. |
| speed skating n | (sport: racing on ice skates) | التزلُّج السريع |
| speed trap n | (stretch of road where speed is monitored) (حيث تراقَب السرعة) | كمين مروريّ |
| | The police set up a speed trap to catch people driving too fast. |
speedup,
speed-up n | informal (acceleration) | تسريع، عجلة |
speedup,
speed-up n | informal (business: increase in production rate) (في الإنتاج) | إسراع، تسريع |
stall speed,
stalling speed n | (aircraft: maximum lift coefficient) (طائرة) | سرعة الانهيار |
| supersonic speed n | (velocity faster than sound) | السرعة فوق الصوتية |
| top speed n | (highest velocity) | سرعة قصوى |
| | The Ferrari reached its top speed on the test track. |
| bring [sb] up to speed v expr | figurative, informal (update) | يُطلع شخصًا على آخر التطوُّرات |
| | When Michelle returned from maternity leave, the colleague who had covered for her brought her up to speed. |
| wind speed n | (how fast the wind is blowing) | سرعة الريح |