| 释义 |
at a lick informal At a fast pace: the hearse was going at a fair lick for that normally sedate vehicle...- Taken at a lick, the most famous of the plays, The Playboy of the Western World, is a triumph.
- Despite his absence the parliament is going up at a lick and looking more awesome by the day.
- Online recruitment revenues are growing at a lick - 43 per cent year on year for the first three quarters of 2003-and are expected to grow to £200m by 2008.
Synonyms speed, rate, pace, tempo, velocity, momentum informal clip See parent entry: lick |