In this sense, quickening is not about speed at all. It is the moment — and those first small movements — when a pregnant person feels the baby move inside, often as a flutter, a roll, or a tiny kick.

In this sense在這個意思下, quickening胎動 is not about speed at all完全跟速度無關。It它 is the moment指的是那個時刻──and以及 those first small movements最初那些小小的胎動──when當 a pregnant person feels the baby move inside孕婦感覺到寶寶在裡面動, often as常常是 a flutter一陣輕輕的顫動, a roll一個翻身, or a tiny kick或輕輕一踢。

For many people this comes around the middle of the pregnancy, though it varies.

For many people對很多人來說, this comes around the middle of the pregnancy這大約發生在懷孕中期, though不過 it varies因人而異。

Midwives and older writing still use the word; everyday talk now more often just says “I felt the baby move.” Though actually, the “quick” here is an old meaning, “alive,” the same one you hear in “the quick and the dead.” In the past this moment mattered in law and in the church, because people treated it as the point when the baby was clearly living.

Midwives and older writing助產士和比較舊的文獻 still use the word仍然使用這個字；everyday talk日常對話 now more often just says “I felt the baby move.”現在更常直接說「我感覺到寶寶動了」。Though actually不過其實，the “quick” here這裡的quick is an old meaning是個古老的意思, “alive,”「活著」, the same one you hear in就是你在 “the quick and the dead.”（生者與死者）裡聽到的那個意思。In the past在過去, this moment mattered in law and in the church這一刻在法律上和教會裡都很重要, because因為 people treated it as the point when the baby was clearly living大家把它當成寶寶確定活著的那一刻。

That older weight still sits inside the word, even when a doctor is only asking whether you have felt movement yet.

That older weight那份較古老的重量 still sits inside the word仍然留在這個字裡面, even when即使 a doctor is only asking whether you have felt movement yet醫生只是在問你有沒有感覺到胎動。

You may also meet quicken as a verb for “become faster,” but that is a different road; this entry is the baby.

You may also meet你也可能遇到 quicken as a verb for “become faster,”quicken當動詞用，意思是「變快」, but that is a different road不過那是另一回事; this entry is the baby這個詞條講的是胎動。