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单词 any minute (or at any minute)
释义

any minute (or at any minute)

Very soon: a fight seemed likely to break out at any minute...
  • The doorbell will ring any minute, and soon the sockeye and I will be fork-tender.
  • He started moving the books from the old, cheap shelves, which were threatening to break again at any minute.
  • There he was, hanging by one arm to a rock that looked ready to break off at any minute.

Synonyms

very soon, in a moment, in a second, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long;
North American momentarily
informal in a jiffy, in a nanosecond, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say Jack Robinson, before you can say knife
British informal in a tick, in a mo, in two ticks
North American informal in a snap
archaic or informal anon
archaic ere long
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