| 单词 | at a blow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a blow a. at a blow, or at one blow: by one stroke; figurative by one vigorous act; suddenly; at once. ΘΠ 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. i. 50 I had rather chop this Hand off at a blow . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 107 To redeem his Honour at a blow . View more context for this quotation 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xi. 102 What it is, at one blow, to be deserted by a lovely and fascinating creature. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 149 Each had slain his brother at a blow. < as lemmas |
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