单词 | at the touch of a button |
释义 | > as lemmasat the touch (also press, click, etc.) of a button a. at the touch (also press, click, etc.) of a button: used to emphasize the ease and speed with which something can be carried out or achieved, merely by pressing a button on a device (typically an electrical one). ΚΠ 1887 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 22 Mar. 7/1 Chief Ebersold was called in and took a position at the Central Station telephone, and, at the touch of a button, was ready to bring his whole force under arms in a few hours. 1911 Electr. Rev. 2 Dec. 1128/2 At the touch of a button this desk disappears through the floor, and in its place a steaming tureen of soup arises ready for serving. 1972 Guardian 24 Oct. 24/3 BBC engineers have invented a system which would give television viewers thirty television ‘pages’ of news at the push of a button. 1995 K. Toolis Rebel Hearts (1996) iii. 155 An individual wing would be sealed off at the flick of a button. 2016 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Nov. (Weekend section) 2 We have access to a whole world of information that we previously would not have had access to. And it's there at the touch of a button. < as lemmas |
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