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

l. a click (also snap) of the (or one's) fingers: an act of clicking one's fingers; also figurative as the type of a command or signal to get something accomplished with little effort or in a peremptory manner. Cf. to click one's fingers at click v.¹ 4b.

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1785 C. L. Lewes Lect. on Heads by G. A. Stevens ii. 31 The card-playing conjuring Jew; he could make matadores with a snap of his fingers, command the four aces with a whistle.

1826 London Mag. Oct. 251 The sentence consisted of a pooh! a humph! a snort, a snap of his fingers, and a twirl of his staff semicircularly along the floor.

1938 F. F. Brotherton et al. Amateur Stage ii. 31 By approaching the stage, a producer can..liven someone up with a click of his fingers and a nod.

1966 C. Cowley Kwa Zulu iv. xvi. 57 There was no doubt. There was no delay. Things moved; just like a click of the fingers—like that—like that.

1996 M. Stewart Carolina Mist 315 Belle sighed heavily and, with a snap of her fingers, called Meri P. to her and left the room.

2015 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 Dec. (Sport section) 48 You don't think I could launch a fan boycott? You don't think, with a click of my fingers, I could empty out every stadium at every match?

单词	a click of the fingers
释义	> as lemmas a click (also snap) of the (or one's) fingers l. a click (also snap) of the (or one's) fingers: an act of clicking one's fingers; also figurative as the type of a command or signal to get something accomplished with little effort or in a peremptory manner. Cf. to click one's fingers at click v.¹ 4b. ΚΠ 1785 C. L. Lewes Lect. on Heads by G. A. Stevens ii. 31 The card-playing conjuring Jew; he could make matadores with a snap of his fingers, command the four aces with a whistle. 1826 London Mag. Oct. 251 The sentence consisted of a pooh! a humph! a snort, a snap of his fingers, and a twirl of his staff semicircularly along the floor. 1938 F. F. Brotherton et al. Amateur Stage ii. 31 By approaching the stage, a producer can..liven someone up with a click of his fingers and a nod. 1966 C. Cowley Kwa Zulu iv. xvi. 57 There was no doubt. There was no delay. Things moved; just like a click of the fingers—like that—like that. 1996 M. Stewart Carolina Mist 315 Belle sighed heavily and, with a snap of her fingers, called Meri P. to her and left the room. 2015 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 Dec. (Sport section) 48 You don't think I could launch a fan boycott? You don't think, with a click of my fingers, I could empty out every stadium at every match? extracted from fingern. < as lemmas
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