In phrases, sometimes treated as words. an exclamation of jugglers commanding an article to move: often joined with repass. Hence as a name for the…
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > formula [interjection] (6) hey-passa1593 In phrases, sometimes treated as words. an exclamation of jugglers commanding an article to move: often joined with repass. Hence as a name for the… presto1598 Quickly, immediately, at once; suddenly; frequently used by conjurors in various commands, as presto, be gone, etc. Obsolete. hey or high jingo!1670 (Usually heyor high jingo!) A conjuror's call for the appearance of something: the opposite of hey presto!, by which a thing is bidden to be gone… hiccius doccius1676 A formula used by jugglers in performing their feats; hence, ‘a cant word for a juggler; one that plays fast and loose’ (Johnson). Also attributive… hey presto1732 In phrases, sometimes treated as words. a phrase of command by conjurors and jugglers; hence transferred used to connote an instantaneous or magical… presto changeo1905 Announcing the climax of a conjuring trick or a sudden transformation; ‘hey presto!’. |
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