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单词 turning of a hand
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turning of a hand
b. Phr. turning of a hand = moment, instant (see hand n. Phrases 3c). So turning of a straw. Obs.(Cf. quot. c1425 for turning about n. at Compounds 1 for turning about, in sense Compounds 1.)
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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
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 239/1 Ye Christians are at euery turning of an hand, at the pits side.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xiv. 401 Anniball..assailed the cittie, and wan it in the turning of an hand.
1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. v. 236 In the turning of an hand a lewd and flagitious person starts up a great saint.
1755 T. Smollett tr. Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. x. 403 Two thousand copies that will fetch six rials a piece, in the turning of a straw.
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