| 单词 | never for one minute |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnever for one minute b. The space of a minute (also †minute while); a short space of time, an instant, a moment. Frequently used emphatically in negative constructions, as not for a minute, never for one minute, etc. 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 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 2257 Every houre apointeth so That no mynut therof was lore. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. 372 He miȝte amende in a Minute while [c1400 C text mynt-while] al þat mys standeth. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvii. 228 Ysekeles in eueses þorw hete of þe sonne Melteth in a mynut while [c1400 C text mynt-while] to myst and to watre. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 2817 Þe cok..of þe tyme a mynute wil not passe To warnen hem..þat Of þe tydes and sesoun of þe nyȝt. 1430 Astron. Cal. in E. M. Thompson et al. Facsimiles Anc. MSS (1913) 2nd Ser. I. Pl. 72b (MED) Þe laste chonge before was þe 9 day before 18 Mynutes before 9 of þe cloke. c1450 Digby Plays 189 I myght not leve, nor endure On mynnate, bot I am sure The third day ryse shall hee. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. sig. A.ii Neyther one fynger breadth of space, nor one minute of tyme from you. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 118 Content with Hermia? No: I doe repent The tedious minutes, I with her haue spent. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. vi. 32 Wherefore a guard of chosen Shot I had, That walkt about me euery Minute while . View more context for this quotation 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 36 All I desire of you is but harbour for a minute. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 80 I could not expect to find them at a minutes call. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ A minute [moment or instant], momentum, punctum temporis. 1795 tr. K. P. Moritz Trav. Eng. 93 Composing a sermon..should not thus have been put off to the last minute. 1800 C. Lamb Let. 5 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 192 I have barely time to finish, as I expect her & Robin every minute. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein I. vii. 170 The dæmon, who had (I did not for a minute doubt) murdered my brother. 1898 F. Montgomery Tony 13 The train will be starting in a minute. 1910 ‘W. Lawton’ Boy Aviators on Secret Service ii. 22 Wait a minute while I go to 'phone my resignation. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. iii. 46 He'd never think for a minute of marrying you. 1955 R. Macaulay Last Lett. to Friend (1962) 208 Having the two children made it fun; they loved every minute of it. 1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London ix. 170 He was alone, playing records... He said, ‘Just a minute, I'll turn this down.’ 1996 Company Dec. 79/2 I used to watch Gladiators..but I never dreamt for one minute I would actually become one. < as lemmas |
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