单词 | in the trip of a minute |
释义 | > as lemmasin the trip of a minute 2. figurative. in the trip of a minute, in the movement or passage of a minute, in a minute's space. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > shortness in time [phrase] > instantaneously as thou turnest thine handc1225 at a brusha1400 at one (also a) bruntc1450 with a whisk1487 with a whip Sir John1550 in the turn (also turning) of a hand1564 with or at a wink1585 at a blowa1616 in a wink1693 at a stroke1709 in or wi' a whid1719 in the trip of a minute1728 with a thrash1870 the twinkling of a bedpost1871 in a whisk1900 in jig-time1916 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 59 They'll whip it up, in the Trip of a Minute. 1899 Literature 25 Nov. 515/1 Mr. Zangwill's [prologue] has caught the ‘trip’ of the old fashioned prologue. < as lemmas |
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