| 单词 | as quick as thought |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) quick as thought b. In similative phrases, as (as) quick as lightning, (as) quick as thought, (as) quick as a wink, (as) quick as a flash, etc.Phrases are generally recorded earlier with quick as an adjective; see, e.g., quot. ?a1475 at sense A. 22a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > very swiftly as swift (also quick, fleet) as thought?c1225 like lightning1567 (as) quick as lightning1580 like wildfire1699 like stour1787 (as) quick as a wink1825 like smoke1832 quick as a streak1839 like sixty1848 (as) quick as thought1871 at a great lick1898 like a bat out of hell1921 like the clappers1948 like a bomb1954 1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance f. 35 The noble minde that scornes to stoupe, at base and wretched things, As quicke as thought, mountes vp the Skies. 1638 J. Taylor Bull, Beare, & Horse sig. E3v Quicke as lightning, his will trace and track, Making that endlesse round his Zodiacke. 1691 J. Harris Mistakes v. i. 62 Alb. Run and conduct him to me, fly quickly. Lop. As quick as lightning; Sir. 1722 tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Unfortunate Marriage 162 The Fire pierces as quick as lightning into the heart. a1785 J. W. Fletcher Posthumous Pieces (1791) 276 If bodies could move as quick as thought, they would be importuned frequently with my company. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 28 Thoughts..Glance quick as lightning through the heart. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 111 Fire away as quick as wink. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. i. ii. 10 As quick as thought..Him to replace there came another. 1881 Scribner's Monthly 22 108/2 Quick as thought, Roger slipped his hands from their..noose. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 88 Quick as thought I..clasped it. 1926 J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning 89 As quick as a wink; as quick as a flash. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xviii. 245 Quick as a flash, I put one hand into the opening and sprang. 1997 Total Film Sept. 8/5 Then, quick as a flash, Phil Collins' ho-hum Buster (featuring actors from 1988 wearing 1963 clobber) arrives. as swift (also quick, fleet) as thought a. as swift (also quick, fleet) as thought. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > very swiftly as swift (also quick, fleet) as thought?c1225 like lightning1567 (as) quick as lightning1580 like wildfire1699 like stour1787 (as) quick as a wink1825 like smoke1832 quick as a streak1839 like sixty1848 (as) quick as thought1871 at a great lick1898 like a bat out of hell1921 like the clappers1948 like a bomb1954 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 75 Ase swifte as is nu monnes þocht as is þe sunne gleam. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1924 And euer mo, as swyft as thought This queynt hous a bout went. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) l. 2670 (MED) It is as swift as þoght. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 261 Fleeter then Arrowes, bullets wind thought. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 554 Faster then Thought, or Time. View more context for this quotation 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert v. i. 53 Fly swift as Thought, and set her free this Moment. 1778 R. Cumberland Battle of Hastings v. 87 Swift as thought I flew; And as a sturdy churl his pole-axe aim'd Full at the hero's crest, I sprung upon him And sheath'd my rapier in the caitiff's throat. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 230 Quick as thought the skipper hurled his weapon. 1917 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 1 137 Although the expression ‘quick as thought’ is an oft used simile for rapidity, thought is not so quick as nervous reaction. 1957 Times 28 Sept. 10/5 Swift as thought, sharp in all his reactions Segura was, as they say, ‘on the ball’ and devilishly determined from first to last. 1998 W. Barton in H. Marks Bk. Dope Stories (2001) ii. 137 I now, however, as quick as thought, completely revived. 2004 A. N. Athanassakis tr. Homeric Hymns (ed. 2) 18 Thence, fleet as thought, he leaves the earth for Olympos. < as lemmas |
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