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单词 trice
释义
tricetrice /traɪs/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtrice
Origin:
1400-1500 trice ‘pull’ (14-15 centuries), from trice ‘to pull’ (14-21 centuries), from Middle Dutch trisen
Examples
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  • In a trice the Wolverines and the other four Scout squads were outside with their Sergeants, and scattering in different directions.
  • In a trice, office machines can set the type and print it out in fine detail.
  • It was gone in a trice, saving him from a terrible thrashing or many long hours standing in disgrace.
  • The best and longest-lasting tans are acquired slowly - quick tans are usually fast burns and peel off in a trice.
  • The information would be downloaded in a trice.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • In a trice the Wolverines and the other four Scout squads were outside with their Sergeants, and scattering in different directions.
  • In a trice, office machines can set the type and print it out in fine detail.
  • It was gone in a trice, saving him from a terrible thrashing or many long hours standing in disgrace.
  • The best and longest-lasting tans are acquired slowly - quick tans are usually fast burns and peel off in a trice.
  • The information would be downloaded in a trice.
in a trice British English old-fashioned very quickly or soon:  He should be here in a trice.
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