Quickening

(noun.) the process of showing signs of life; 'the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain'.

(noun.) the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus.

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• The atmosphere was grey and translucent, the birds sang sharply on the young twigs, the earth would be quickening and hastening in growth. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment was quickening her perception of the horrible evil. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Quickening his step, he marched some yards in advance of his company. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I am a patient sort of man, but my pulse is quickening. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Quickening their pace, they turned up a road upon the left hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I am sensible of no light kindling--no life quickening--no voice counselling or cheering. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I heard her breath quickening--I felt her hand growing cold. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Its genuine influence is on what Wells calls the hinterland, in a quickening of the sense of life. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The factory system challenged the quickening human conscience on that issue. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We can hardly imagine bucolic placidity quickening to intellectual aims without imagining social aims as the transitional phase. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I heard nothing but the quickening crackle of the flames, and the sharp snap of the glass in the skylight above. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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