The form of the past tense and past participle is sped in meaning 5 but speeded for the phrasal verb. 义项 5 的过去式和过去分词为sped,但在短语动词中则为 speeded。
										- N-VAR (运动、运行的)速度,速率
 The speed of something is the rate at which it moves or travels.- He drove off at high speed...
 他驱车飞驰而去。
- With this type of camera, the shutter speed is fixed...
 对这类相机而言,快门的速度是固定的。
- An electrical pulse in a wire travels close to the speed of light...
 电线里的电脉冲以接近光速的速度传输。
- Wind speeds reached force five.
 风速达到 5 级。
 
- N-COUNT (某事发生或进展的)速度,进度
 The speed of something is the rate at which it happens or is done.- In the late 1850s the speed of technological change quickened...
 19 世纪 50 年代末期,技术变革的速度加快了。
- Each learner can proceed at his own speed.
 每一位学习者都可以按自己的进度学习。
 
- N-UNCOUNT (指运动、运行的)高速,快速
 Speed is very fast movement or travel.- Speed is the essential ingredient of all athletics...
 速度是所有田径运动项目的关键要素。
- He put on a burst of speed...
 他突然加速了。
- The car is quite noisy at speed.
 这辆车高速行驶时噪音很大。
 
- N-UNCOUNT (指某事发生或进展时的)高速,快速
 Speed is a very fast rate at which something happens or is done.- I was amazed at his speed of working.
 他办事之麻利让我深感叹服。
- ...the sheer speed of the unification process.
 统一进程速度惊人
 
- VERB (尤指坐车)快速行进
 If you speed somewhere, you move or travel there quickly, usually in a vehicle.- Trains will speed through the Channel Tunnel at 186mph...
 火车将以每小时 186 英里的速度快速穿过海峡隧道。
- The engine noise rises only slightly as I speed along.
 我一路高速行驶时,发动机的噪音只提高了一点点。
 
- VERB (驾车者)超速行驶
 Someone who is speeding is driving a vehicle faster than the legal speed limit.- This man was not qualified to drive and was speeding.
 这名男子没有驾驶资格,并且违章超速行驶。
 
-  安非他明(一种兴奋剂)
 Speed is an illegal drug such as amphetamine which some people take to increase their energy and excitement.
 
- See also:  -speed 
- to pick up speed → see: pick
- PHRASE 掌握最新情况的
 If you are up to speed, you have all the most recent information that you need about something.- A day has been set aside to bring all councillors up to speed on the proposal...
 已经确定了一个日子,届时将向所有的市政委员汇报有关该建议的最新进展情况。
- Those in charge deluded themselves they were up to speed.
 那些负责人自以为掌握了最新情况。