rapid: [17] Like rape and rapture, rapid comes ultimately from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’. From this was derived the adjective rapidus, which originally denoted ‘carrying off by force’. The notion of ‘swiftness’ soon became incorporated into the meaning, however, and although the Latin adjective retained its original connotations of violence (it suggested ‘impetuous speed’ or ‘haste’), by the time it reached English it had simply become synonymous with ‘quick’. => rapture
rapid (adj.)
1630s, "moving quickly," from French rapide (17c.) and directly from Latin rapidus "hasty, swift, rapid; snatching; fierce, impetuous," from rapere "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder," from PIE root *rep- "to snatch" (cognates: Greek ereptomai "devour," harpazein "snatch away," Lithuanian raples "tongs"). Meaning "happening in a short time" is from 1780. Related: Rapidly; rapidness. Rapid-transit first attested 1852, in reference to street railways; rapid eye movement is from 1906.
例文
1. The company made a rapid -fire series of settlements with 25 States.
社は25州と一連の迅速な決済を行った。
2.Two rapid transit trains collided early this morning in Boston.
今朝、2台の高速列車がボストンで衝突した。
3.Leonard made a rapid calculation：he 'd never make it in time.
レナードはすぐに計算した：彼はきっと間に合わない。
4.The metamorphosis from anxious wife to feted author was rapid and dramatic.
一日じゅう焦っている妻から、人気作家に至るまで、この変化は急速に激しい。
5.Police pulled him over doing 120 km/h、メイキング rapid changes and tailgating.