| 单词 | in jig-time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin jig-time jig-time n. colloquial(chiefly U.S.) in phrase in jig-time expressing a very short space of time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > shortness in time [phrase] > instantaneously as thou turnest thine handc1225 at a brusha1400 at one (also a) bruntc1450 with a whisk1487 with a whip Sir John1550 in the turn (also turning) of a hand1564 with or at a wink1585 at a blowa1616 in a wink1693 at a stroke1709 in or wi' a whid1719 in the trip of a minute1728 with a thrash1870 the twinkling of a bedpost1871 in a whisk1900 in jig-time1916 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap vii. 314 Kate has about four more of 'em licked to a standstill in jigtime. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 305 Confident of knocking out the fistic Eblanite in jigtime. 1922 J. A. Dunn Man Trap xviii. 247 If we don't get through on jigtime I'll not ask you for a cent. 1947 S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! (1949) x. 123 We completed the return journey in jig time; some mysterious metamorphosis..had endowed me with the agility of a lizard. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xiv. 100 Then he gets it out of his possession in jig-time. 1968 L. W. Robinson Assassin (1969) xvi. 203 If I was you, I'd see Gracie Hutchinson... She'd solve your problem in jig time. < as lemmas |
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