名詞 quickening:

1. the process of showing signs of life
2. the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
3. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
   同義詞：acceleration, speedup

動詞 quicken:

1. move faster
   同義詞：accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken
2. make keen or more acute
   同義詞：whet, quicken
3. give life or energy to
   同義詞：quicken, invigorate
4. show signs of life
   同義詞：quicken
5. give new life or energy to
   同義詞：animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify

1. Pity is a lever for quickening love.
   憐憫是加速愛情的手段。
2. Gradually accelerating or quickening in time. Used chiefly as a direction.
   逐漸加速的在時間上逐漸加速或加快的。主要用于指揮中