| 单词 | less than no time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasless than no time P6. less than no time: (originally humorous) an exceedingly short time.The more extensive expression used in quot. 1761 perhaps implies the prior existence of the phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii. 186 A tale out of Slawkenbergius to translate, and all this in five minutes less, than no time at all.] 1788 Minor (London ed.) I. ix. 56 I have digested plans which will wade them through the sciences in less than no time, as the saying goes. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 159 Trust me for sinking, burning, and destroying him in less than no time. 1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 246 He came down, in less than no time, squash on his nose, and broke it. 1932 Irish Monthly Aug. 481 Urban..had no tact, and in less than no time had alienated every one of his supporters. 2013 Dorset Echo (Nexis) 23 Dec. But fear not. There are seasonal treats that can be whipped up in less than no time. < as lemmas |
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