英语词汇“trice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

trice

/trʌɪs

noun (in phrase in a trice)

In a moment; very quickly: in a trice, she had flown up the stairs...

It runs extremely quickly and can appear to vanish in a trice.
If only she'd said ‘All right - I'll go to Mass ‘, she'd have been out in a trice.’
As before, the facilitator grasped my objection in a trice, and even though I sense that she's inclined to side with the material, she gets it.

Synonyms

in a moment, in a minute, in a second, shortly, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, (very) soon, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in a flash, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long;

very quickly, swiftly, without delay, at once, straight away, right away, directly;

North American momentarily

informal in a jiffy, in a nanosecond, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife

British informal in a tick, in two ticks, in a mo

North American informal in a snap

Origin

Late Middle English trice 'a tug', figuratively 'an instant', from Middle Dutch trīsen 'pull sharply', related to trīse 'pulley'.

Unlike most tri- words, trice has nothing to do with ‘three’. It comes from early Dutch trisen ‘to pull sharply, hoist’, and in the Middle Ages at a trice meant ‘at one pull or tug’ rather than ‘in a moment, immediately’. By the late 17th century the original form of the expression had given way to the more familiar in a trice.

单词	trice
释义	trice /trʌɪs / noun (in phrase in a trice) In a moment; very quickly: in a trice, she had flown up the stairs... It runs extremely quickly and can appear to vanish in a trice. If only she'd said ‘All right - I'll go to Mass ‘, she'd have been out in a trice.’ As before, the facilitator grasped my objection in a trice, and even though I sense that she's inclined to side with the material, she gets it. Synonyms in a moment, in a minute, in a second, shortly, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, (very) soon, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in a flash, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long; very quickly, swiftly, without delay, at once, straight away, right away, directly; North American momentarily informal in a jiffy, in a nanosecond, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife British informal in a tick, in two ticks, in a mo North American informal in a snap Origin Late Middle English trice 'a tug', figuratively 'an instant', from Middle Dutch trīsen 'pull sharply', related to trīse 'pulley'. Unlike most tri- words, trice has nothing to do with ‘three’. It comes from early Dutch trisen ‘to pull sharply, hoist’, and in the Middle Ages at a trice meant ‘at one pull or tug’ rather than ‘in a moment, immediately’. By the late 17th century the original form of the expression had given way to the more familiar in a trice. Rhymes advice, bice, Brice, choc ice, concise, dice, entice, gneiss, ice, imprecise, lice, mice, nice, precise, price, rice, sice, slice, speiss, spice, splice, suffice, syce, thrice, top-slice, twice, underprice, vice, Zeiss
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