| 单词 | quick on the trigger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquick on the trigger 3. In figurative and allusive uses. in the drawing of a trigger, in a moment, instantaneously. quick on the trigger, quick to act in response to a suggestion, to take advantage of a situation, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > instantaneously or with a short space of time swiftlya1400 at one fling1556 at one (a) chop1581 per saltum1602 at one (fell, etc.) swoop1612 popa1625 instantaneously1644 in the catching up of a garter1697 in the drawing of a trigger1706 in a handclap1744 at a slap1753 momentaneously1753 in a whiff1800 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 bolt1839 at a single jeta1856 overnight1912 jiffy-quick1927 in two ups1934 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > quickly or promptly > prompt to act quick on the trigger1808 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action > setting in operation > that which in the drawing of a trigger1871 start1897 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer i. i. 1 This is the Cap of Honour, it dubs a Man a Gentleman in the drawing of a Tricker. 1808 M. L. Weems Let. 22 Apr. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 377 I trust that all your Aids will be quick on the trigger. 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xlvii. 304 ‘Pretty quick upon the trigger!’ muttered Uncle William. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. ii. 12 Prayer is the trigger which liberates the Divine power. 1887 G. H. Darwin in Leisure Hour May 354/2 The attraction of the moon or the variation in atmospheric pressure pulls the trigger. 1905 Daily Chron. 16 Feb. 4/5 A born musical leader, fertile in ideas, quick on the trigger. 1946 Lancet 19 Jan. 97/1 A theory of the nervous initiation of contraction—the trigger without which voluntary muscle remains inert. 1961 M. Laski Ecstasy ii. 16 Of the circumstances in which they found themselves when ecstasy took place, they identified certain objects, events, and ideas as standing in some kind of a causal relationship to their ecstatic experiences. These objects, events, and ideas I am calling triggers. 1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants 64 Triggers to development which predict a changing environment will generally be more efficient than those that are themselves the changed conditions. < as lemmas |
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