vt.

1. 加快
2. 使复活；使有生气；激发
   Reading adventure stories quickened my imagination.

   阅读冒险故事激发了我的想像力。

vi.

1. 加快
2. 复活，复苏；成活；变活跃
   The seeds are quickening in the soil.

   种子在土壤里发芽生长。

3. （胎儿）开始蠕动；（孕妇）进入胎动期

v.

1. make or become quicker.
2. stimulate or be stimulated.
   ▸give or restore life to.
   ▸archaic make (a fire) burn brighter.
3. archaic (of a woman) reach a stage in pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.
   ▸(of a fetus) begin to show signs of life.