| 单词 | at one jet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat one jet P1. at a single jet (also at one jet) [after French d'un seul jet (mid 18th cent.)] : with a single effort of the mind; in one go. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > instantaneously or with a short space of time swiftlya1400 at one fling1556 at one (a) chop1581 per saltum1602 at one (fell, etc.) swoop1612 popa1625 instantaneously1644 in the catching up of a garter1697 in the drawing of a trigger1706 in a handclap1744 at a slap1753 momentaneously1753 in a whiff1800 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 bolt1839 at a single jeta1856 overnight1912 jiffy-quick1927 in two ups1934 a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxiv. 20 A long definition is..burthensome..to the understanding, which ought to comprehend it at a single jet. 1892 Cent. Mag. Dec. 244/2 The women are more built up by intellectual analysis based on Browning's own emotion..than created at a single jet. 1900 G. L. Raymond Representative Significance of Form xiii. 228 In a moment, at a single jet, the picture is in the mind's eye. 1910 Catholic Univ. Bull. 16 671 The work was a unit, produced at one jet, as is the case with a modern novel. < as lemmas |
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