"speed" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

speed verbo

speed + preposición
Kolokacji: 29
speed up • speed off • speed through • speed down • speed toward • ...
speed + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 19
speed away • speed forward • speed ahead • speed quickly • greatly speed • ...
(3) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
1. speed upward = prędkość do góry speed upward
2. speed downward = prędkość w dół speed downward
  • I saw two stars detach themselves from the sky, spewing long tails behind them as they sped downward.
  • The token came while The Shadow was speeding downward through the air.
  • The express was across the higher bridge, and was speeding downward into a tunnel.
  • The cab reached the desired ramp; it sped downward to the meadows.
  • "I guess it would be too much to expect anybody to have a little sympathy," he said as the lift sped downward.
  • She sped downward, daring the worshippers to believe she was alone.
  • As he sped downward, the detonation made the wire swing violently, and he felt the hook slip.
  • The cigarette sped downward like a meteor as Corvin snapped it through the opened window pane.
  • It arrowed through the sea with a chatter of circuits, expelled a black harpoon, and sped downward into the valley of fire.
  • The car was speeding downward; Cardona, back in his own elevator, was beginning a similar descent, not realizing that the outlets would be different.
(4) straight, directly
Kolokacji: 2

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