| 单词 | in an eye-blink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin an eye-blink eye-blink n. a blink of the eye; (hence) a very short period of time, an instant; frequently in in an eye-blink. 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 1838 W. Herbert Attila, King of Huns v. 119 A word, an eye-blink oft Has turn'd the most benighted of mankind to orient hopes. 1852 E. Thomson tr. King Alfred's Bede in Whole Wks. King Alfred the Great II. 249 In the time that he is within he is not touched by the storm of the winter; but that is..an eye-blink [OE an eagan bryhtm], and the least space; and he soon comes from winter to winter again. 1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. xii. 143 And in an eye-blink, Carter fell to the ground dead. 1910 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 756/1 The suit case was marked R.A.G. and, in conjunction with the great-coat, told Strickland a whole three-years' history in one eye-blink. 1950 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 63 57 The decrement of eye-blinks may be interpreted as a compensatory phenomenon. 2003 J. Scalzi Rough Guide to Universe xiii. 188 [The] supermassive stars..will blaze up and then blaze out in supernova blasts, all in the space of a relative eyeblink. < as lemmas |
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