fasting
禁食,断食,空腹,空腹的
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fast·er, fast·est.
- : moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse;a fast pain reliever;a fast thinker.
- : done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race;fast work.
- : indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock.noting or according to daylight-saving time.
- : adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement: a hull with fast lines;one of the fastest pitchers in baseball.
- : characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, especially in sexual relations; wanton; loose: Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous.
- : characterized by hectic activity: leading a fast life.
- : resistant: acid-fast.
- : firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached.
- : held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated: an animal fast in a trap.
- : firmly tied, as a knot.
- : closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter.
Phrases
- fast and furious
- fast and loose
- fast buck
- fast lane
- fast track
- get nowhere (fast)
- hard and fast
- pull a fast one
- stand one's ground (fast)
- thick and fast
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Now, it is the most traditional and celebrated Christmas cake in Germany—and definitely not associated with fasting.
Like Lent, the season of Advent was a period of reflection and fasting, and items such as dairy and sugar were forbidden.
And saints are a pretty svelte bunch, what with all the fasting and suffering.
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Since this hearing was taking place during Ramadan, many of the Muslims had been fasting since sunrise.
He was exceedingly religious, and up to the time of his marriage had led a life devoted to prayer, fasting, and warfare.
The prophet describes the judgments that shall fall upon the people, and invites them to fasting and prayer.
The people inquire concerning fasting: they are admonished to fast from sin.
Trance and ecstasy were the two avenues he knew to divinity; fasting and seclusion the means employed to discover them.
The thing that strikes me,” began Roger, “is that he may be like those men sent to the house of God to inquire about fasting.