单词 | no time |
释义 | > as lemmasno time b. Denoting approximation to nullity: hardly any, as in no distance and no time. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree > approximating to nullity no1786 1786 ‘A. Pasquin’ Royal Academicians 36 If you don't shut your mouth, immediately in no time, and give your tongue a holiday, [etc.]. 1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 26 May 129/3 The painter..promises to put men upon the house next morning, so that it will be got ready for your reception in no time. 1868 G. G. Channing Early Recoll. Newport, R.I. 143 The money was..arranged as to facilitate the payments in ‘no time’, understood in my day, to mean the shortest period. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxiii. 231 Oh, you must come—no distance at all. 1891 ‘L. Falconer’ Mademoiselle Ixe vi. 165 [The mare] will get over to Carchester in no time. 1917 P. MacGill Brown Brethren vi 95 Bowdy..went outside. ‘I'll be back again in no time,’ were his final words. 1957 F. Kohner Gidget 39 In no time flat the guys had demolished the contents of the lunch bag—not a crumb left for me. 1961 E. Wilson in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) 343 You see, just a few feet, no distance. 1976 G. Gordon 100 Scenes from Married Life 16 The years that had to me passed since I'd left home seven days previously had to them been no time, perhaps had not occurred. 1981 ‘Q. Crisp’ How to become Virgin vii 92 Get yourself a guitar and you'll be a pop star in no time. < as lemmas |
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