fast /fɑ:st/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) abstaining from food
• (v.) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
• (v.) abstain from eating

Chinese translation

• a. 快速的, 紧的
• adv. 很快地, 紧紧地, 彻底地
• n. 绝食, 斋戒

Word details

Part of speech

adverb / adjective

Pronunciation

/fɑ:st/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 5.13 · Common

Word forms

fasting, fasted, fasts, faster, fastest

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