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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++whizz1 British English, whiz American English /wɪz/ verb [intransitive]  1 [always + adverb/preposition] informal a) FAST/QUICKto move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air 嗖嗖地飞驰 An ambulance whizzed past. 一辆救护车呼啸而过。 I saw a big piece of metal whizzing through the air. 我看见一大块金属嗖地在空中飞过。 b) FAST/QUICKto do something very quickly 迅速地做whizz through Let’s just whizz through it one more time. 我们就快速地再来一遍吧。2. American English spokenHBH to urinate 撒尿→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
whizzFlashbacks to stilted junior-year productions started whizzing by faster than you can say Grosse Pointe Blank.She had only ever seen them at a distance before, or whizzing by in their cars.I stared out the window, watching as kids on bicycles and skateboards whizzed by.Smoking on a train journey, looking out at the countryside whizzing by.By the end of the week, Emma was whizzing down green runs, turning superbly and tackling the lifts with ease.I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town.We had scarcely got in there before the train came whizzing past at a great rate..A bullet whizzed past my ear.The armor meant that bullets were expected to be whizzing through the cockpit.
whizz2 British English, whiz American English noun  1 [countable] informalINTELLIGENT someone who is very fast, intelligent, or skilled in a particular activity 快手,高手,能人 a math whiz 数学高手2. take a whiz HBH American English spoken to urinate 撒尿3. [countable, uncountable] informal amphetamine 苯丙胺,安非他明 gee whiz
Examples from the Corpus
whizzShe's a whizz in the kitchen.When marketing whizzes renamed the fruit the kiwi, says the newsletter Turn Signals, sales shot up all over the world.
From Longman Business Dictionarywhizzwhizz /wɪz/ (also whiz American English) noun [countable] informal someone who is very skilled in a particular activity or is successful in a particular area of workTop managers may befinancial whizzes, but they aren’t marketing geniuses.He’s a whizz at website design.
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whizz
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whizz1 British English, whiz American English /wɪz/ verb [intransitive]
1. [always + adverb/preposition] informal
  a. to move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air:
    An ambulance whizzed past.
    I saw a big piece of metal whizzing through the air.
  b. to do something very quickly
    whizz through
    Let’s just whizz through it one more time.
2. American English spoken to urinate

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whizz2 British English, whiz American English noun
1. [countable] informal someone who is very fast, intelligent, or skilled in a particular activity:
    a math whiz
2. take a whiz American English spoken to urinate
3. [uncountable and countable] informal amphetamine
gee whiz


whizz (especially BrE) (also whiz especially in NAmE ) BrE /wɪz/ 🔊NAmE /wɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they whizz BrE /wɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /wɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it whizzes BrE /ˈwɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple whizzed BrE /wɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /wɪzd/ 🔊past participle whizzed BrE /wɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /wɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form whizzing BrE /ˈwɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwɪzɪŋ/ 🔊(informal) [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move very quickly, making a high continuous sound 嗖嗖地移动;飞速行驶A bullet whizzed past my ear. 一颗子弹嗖的一声从我耳边飞过。🔊🔊He whizzed down the road on his motorbike. 他骑着摩托车呼啸着沿路绝尘而去。🔊🔊 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to do sth very quickly 快速地做;匆匆地干She whizzed through the work. 她麻利地把活干完了。🔊🔊
whizz (especially BrE) (also whiz especially in NAmE ) BrE /wɪz/ 🔊NAmE /wɪz/ 🔊 noun(informal) a person who is very good at sth 能手;善于…的人She's a whizz at crosswords. 她填纵横字谜很在行。🔊🔊