Trice
[traɪs]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope.
(verb.) raise with a line; 'trice a window shade'.
編輯:桑德拉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
(v. t.) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.
(n.) A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. Moment, instant, second, jiffy, flash, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.
錄入:朱莉
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Twinkling, flash, instant
編輯:梅尔维尔
解釋/意思:
n. a very short time: an instant.
v.t. (naut.) to haul or lift up by means of a rope:—pr.p. trīc′ing; pa.p. triīced.
手打:珀西瓦尔
例句/造句/用法:
- There are but three seams; you may do them in a trice. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- In a trice Mr. Bucket snaps a handcuff on her wrist. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- You'll be up in a trice, he observed, by way of saying something. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He hated the sight of her rough bulk, and dreaded the contact of her hard hands; but she taught him docility in a trice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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