英语词汇“the work of a minute”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.) and variants: a process or task taking (the specified length of time). Cf. day's work n.In later use chiefly indicating a task will not take long or be too troublesome.

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the world > time > duration > [noun] > a proceeding occupying a specific length of time

the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.)1533

society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > work occupying specific time

the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.)1533

the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > which takes a (short or long) time

the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.)1533

a work of time1622

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. i. f. xiii^v That is but yf Bizance wryte fast, I warraunt the wurke of a weke.

1589 G. Gifford Eight Serm. ii. f. 32^v To haue the full vse of naturall reason in perfect rules, it is not the worke of a few daies, nor yet of a few yeares.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G4^v The confused Masse, and matter of heauen and earth was made in a moment, and the..disposition of that Chaos or Masse, was the work of sixe dayes.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ix. 265 The avoiding eternal misery, the acquiring endless bliss is not so trivial..as to be the Work of a moment.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 120 All this was not the work of the fourth part of a minute.

1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. xv. 266 If a view to inclosing makes it necessary to straight the ridges, the levelling them should be the work of several years.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. 85 To wrench the sword from Wilfrid's hand..Was but one moment's work.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiv. 248 All this was..but the work of a few minutes.

1871 T. Hardy Desperate Remedies II. ii. 74 To bring him out and lay him on a bank was the work of an instant.

1927 C. Asquith Black Cap 73 To light his candle and put on his dressing-gown and slippers was the work of a moment.

1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxv. 166 There was a big two kilowatt electric fire plugged into a wall point... It was the work of a minute to switch on the wall plug.

2006 InfoWorld 11 Dec. 34/2 After this task was completed, it was the work of a few seconds to ad the VI3 server to the management console.

单词	the work of a minute
释义	> as lemmas the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.) (a) the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.) and variants: a process or task taking (the specified length of time). Cf. day's work n.In later use chiefly indicating a task will not take long or be too troublesome. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > a proceeding occupying a specific length of time the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.)1533 society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > work occupying specific time the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.)1533 the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > which takes a (short or long) time the work of a minute (also a moment, a week, etc.)1533 a work of time1622 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. i. f. xiii^v That is but yf Bizance wryte fast, I warraunt the wurke of a weke. 1589 G. Gifford Eight Serm. ii. f. 32^v To haue the full vse of naturall reason in perfect rules, it is not the worke of a few daies, nor yet of a few yeares. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G4^v The confused Masse, and matter of heauen and earth was made in a moment, and the..disposition of that Chaos or Masse, was the work of sixe dayes. View more context for this quotation 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ix. 265 The avoiding eternal misery, the acquiring endless bliss is not so trivial..as to be the Work of a moment. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 120 All this was not the work of the fourth part of a minute. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. xv. 266 If a view to inclosing makes it necessary to straight the ridges, the levelling them should be the work of several years. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. 85 To wrench the sword from Wilfrid's hand..Was but one moment's work. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiv. 248 All this was..but the work of a few minutes. 1871 T. Hardy Desperate Remedies II. ii. 74 To bring him out and lay him on a bank was the work of an instant. 1927 C. Asquith Black Cap 73 To light his candle and put on his dressing-gown and slippers was the work of a moment. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxv. 166 There was a big two kilowatt electric fire plugged into a wall point... It was the work of a minute to switch on the wall plug. 2006 InfoWorld 11 Dec. 34/2 After this task was completed, it was the work of a few seconds to ad the VI3 server to the management console. extracted from workn. < as lemmas
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