| 单词 | at a word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a (also one) word (a) at a (also one) word. extracted from wordn.int. (i) Upon the utterance of a single word; as soon as a word is spoken; without more discussion or parley; †without further ado, in short order, forthwith (obsolete). Similarly †at the forme (also first) word. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 284 Þam hundum bebead þæt hi ablunnon þæs rynes... Þa hundas ða stodon æt þam forman worde swilce heora fet wæron gefæstnode to þære eorþan. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 114 Þe children hi broȝte to stronde..In to schupes borde At þe furste worde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 7770 Þen drogh saule his awen squorde And slogh him-self atte a worde. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 363 Thes vii sages..bad here lodesman at a word Shuld cast hem ouer the ship bord. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 764 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 324 When þe sewer comys vnto þe borde, Alle þe mete he sayes at on bare worde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 267 If I would not haue taken him at a word, I would I might goe to Hell. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 447 A man..Who comes when call'd, and at a word withdraws. 1835 G. Webster Edinb. Lit. Album 198 He..entered with interest into all her Ladyship's benevolent plans. He paid her down at a word ten shillings for the benefit of some case. 1889 Littell's Living Age 10 Aug. 353/2 He..would dash into the river in flood at a word, with his clothes on as often as not. 1936 R. P. Utter & G. B. Needham Pamela's Daughters iii. 49 She is..in such a state of mind and feeling that in an instant and at a word she can change from fancy free to pure unalterable passion. 2007 Southern Rev. (U.S.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 828 The present age is a storm, And holy men turn warrior At a word. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > be concise or brief [verb (intransitive)] to be at a (also one) wordOE to make short1556 to be brief1588 abbreviate1596 to cut short1691 to cut (also make) a long story short1732 to make short of long1883 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Oxf.) iii. xiv. 206 Swa swa ic nu æt feawum wordum secge, be þon þe þa sædon þe hine cuþon. c1330 Gregorius (Auch.) (1914) l. 962 A Cardinal spac þer among, And seyd schortliche att wordes þre. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales (Hengwrt) (2003) Thopas-Melibeus link l. 11 Pleynly at o word Thy drasty rymyng is nat worth a tord. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) l. 2813 in K. Brunner Mittelengl. Vers-roman über Richard Löwenherz (1913) 235 The Sarezynes..comen afftyr ffaste fflyngyng, At schorte wurdes a gret route. a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) l. 1808a Alisaunder dyed, at worddis short. 1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. nijv Tell me att oon word [L. vno verbo] what thou woldist wyth me. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 205 All goodnesse (to speake at a worde) goeth awaie. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxj v He wrote to themperour..repeting the whole action at few words. 1579 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Paradoxe sig. d.iij To be at a worde, such as so deintilie doe dresse their crisped skonse: what are they but effeminate fellowes..and hucksters of their owne honestie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 104 Vrsula I know you well enough, you are signior Anthonio. Antho. At a word I am not. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 294 Go to, I haue spoke at a word, God keep you. View more context for this quotation 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 104 At a word, all [names] which in English had Of set before them,..and all which in Latine..have had De præfixed,..were borrowed from places. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 14 I am at a word: follow. View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers ii. 45 They were at a Word in Dealing: Nor could their customers many Words tempt them from it. 1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett I. i. 1 To be at a word, will you render it possible for me to call you my son? a1845 Lady Nairne Caller Herrin' in Lays from Strathearn (1846) i. 6 At ae word be in ye're dealin'. 1846 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 74/2 To be at a word with you, doctor, we must either tear open or tear down your house, or get him; for get him we will! 1857 T. Martin tr. A. G. Oehlenschläger Aladdin ii. 50 I've no skill in chaffering... Say, at a word, how much you'll let me have, And I will trust you for your honest looks. < as lemmas |
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