| 单词 | in a hand-while |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin a hand-while A short period or span of time; a moment, an instant. Frequently in in a hand-while. Cf. hanlawhile n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxi. 345 Nis na eow to gewitenne þa tid oððe þa handhwile þe min fæder gesette þurh his mihte. OE Hymns (Julius A.vi) cxxxi. 3 in H. Gneuss Hymnar u. Hymnen im englischen Mittelalter (1968) 409 Tibi quoque laudes die ac nocte horis et momentis semper dicentes : þe witodlice lofu dæges & nihte tidum & handhwilum æfre sægende. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12166 Þatt deofell let te laferrd seon..inn an hannd while..Þe kine domess alle. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 117 Hure þet is agan in an hondhwile. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 267 (MED) Þise foure..harwed in an handwhile al holy scripture. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 167v Halpe hym to horse in a hond qwhile. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxx. 23 Conscience euery handwhile thou doste cry. 1592 A. Munday tr. L. T. A. Masque of League sig. O4v Euerie hand-while mooued and enflamed, as a fyre kindled in a thicke wood. 1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) vi. 38 Contradict not at every hand-while, that which others say. 1905 Sc. Hist. Rev. 2 338 Although the precise connexion of Boccacio's [sic] poem with Pearl..can hardly be settled ‘in a hand while’, the parallel is no accident. a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (1975) iv. iv. 355 Presently—in only a hand-while, perhaps—it would be speedful if I had won me an ally in France. < as lemmas |
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